For almost all of my life, I have loved shopping. I was always looking for the next best thing, wanting to own things that I thought exhibited taste or style, or buying things to just spend some cash. I never thought of it as a big issue, until it got to the point that I owned too much stuff and wasn't happy with any of it, or with how it made me feel. Especially during the pandemic, when mass consumerism was at an all time high, I realized I was buying stuff just to say I had it or because I felt like I deserved a treat. But in reality, most of the things I bought I ended up never using. I feel like I'm at a place now where I can talk about this because 1) it's healthy to talk about our relationships with money and 2) I no longer want to be in a place where shopping is my main source of pleasure. Today I wanted to dive in to my history with shopping addiction, how I've been working through it, and tips for any other people who think they might have an unhealthy relationship with money and shopping.

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