I'm proud to say that I consider myself to be a responsible shopper.
I think deeply and critically before I buy things.
I rarely regret things that I buy these days.
I never buy something and then a month later think to myself, ah, fuck, like, that was kind of a waste of money.
Like, I'm not even using that thing.
That rarely happens to me anymore.
However, I wasn't always a responsible shopper.
For like eight years of my life, I had a shopping addiction and almost every single purchase that I made was an impulse buy.
I wasn't thinking critically about my purchases.
If I wanted something, I would just buy it.
And I think the reason why my shopping addiction went unchecked for so long was because it wasn't that bad.
Like it was just harmless enough to last for eight years.
Cause I wasn't buying a lot of expensive stuff.
It wasn't like I had a shopping addiction and I was addicted to buying like Chanel bags.
I was buying like like stuff from thrift stores, stuff from antique shops that wasn't like rare or expensive.
Like a lot of the stuff I was buying wasn't expensive.
So it wasn't financially damaging to me, which I think made it harder to catch and then ultimately eliminate.
But what ended up happening to me was I started regretting a lot of my purchases and that caused me a bit of stress.
But also, I started accumulating a lot of stuff.
And I noticed that, at least for me, having a lot of stuff makes me feel anxious.
Even though I didn't have so much stuff that it was abnormal.
Like you walk into my home and it's like, ooh, there's a lot of stuff in here.
It was more subtle than that.
But I felt it. Like I'd go in my closet and I'd try to pick out an outfit.
And there were so many options that I just couldn't pick something out.
And then I'd go into one of my kitchen drawers and open it up.
and there's so many different little appliances and specific little knives that are only for cutting strawberries.
And then I have like 10 different citrus squeezers.
It was just like too much stuff, you know?
And so it's safe to say that I've made some regrettable purchases in my life.
And I thought today I would sit down and share some of my purchases that I regret.
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I think it's important for me to reflect, even though I don't have a shopping addiction anymore, more.
There's always a chance that I could fall back into it.
So I think reflecting on my past is healthy.
But also you might be thinking about buying some of these things.
And maybe I can tell you why you should think twice before you purchase these things, okay?
Also, if my vibe is a little bit weird, it's because I'm trying to quit the vape for like the hundredth time.
And so my vibe and my aura is off because whenever I'm quitting, I just get weird. Like maybe I don't even seem weird, but I feel weird because there's like a chemical change happening in my body.
Anyway, I'm not going cold turkey.
I'm like winding down using other things, but I still feel off and weird. So if you're thinking to yourself, oh, Emma's vibe is weird. Sorry, I'm trying to quit the vape again.
It's like, okay, well, we'll see if this time it lasts.
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Because I've failed a lot of times.
Anyway, way, without further ado, let's get into it.
Starting with literally any clothing item.
I'm talking like shirts, pants, but also like bags, sunglasses, belts, any clothing item or accessory that has a logo on it larger than the size of a quarter, like a coin.
You remember quarters?
They're kind of vintage now because we don't really use coins anymore.
When was the last time you used a coin.
I cannot tell you the last time I used a coin.
I rarely see coins.
Like I'll see a quarter on the ground and I'm like, ooh, what's that?
I haven't seen one of those in a while.
Anyway, here's my thing with logos.
There are a few things in my closet that have little logos on them.
A good example would be like a Ralph Lauren polo.
I actually don't have a Ralph Lauren polo, but you know, there's like the little polo logo on the breast and that's It's fine.
It's so subtle and it's so small.
It doesn't really matter.
But anything larger than that, I regret buying and I've since donated or it's not in my wardrobe anymore.
Why? Well, because number one, I find that branding of any sort, and this might just be my opinion, is not timeless.
I've noticed that branding comes and goes and brands themselves come and go.
Like there are moments when brands are really hot and, you know, wearing the logo is sort of a fashion statement because the brand itself is in the zeitgeist and is hot.
And so like to be wearing the brand is like really cool and you want everyone to know that you're wearing the brand.
So you want to wear that logo.
But what I've noticed is, is that a lot of times brands that have these big explosive moments tend to fall out of fashion pretty quickly.
And I think there's two things going on here at once.
Number one, the brand itself becomes less trendy and less cool, so then wearing the logo kind of loses its value.
But I also think a lot of times, brands that are slapping their logo on something massive, they tend to be more trendy.
Do you know what I'm saying?
They're creating pieces that are more trendy.
Anytime something's majorly in the zeitgeist, chances are it's going to not be cool at some point.
When something gets so overexposed, it often becomes less exciting a little while later, right?
Like a good example I think would be like a Von Dutch hat.
And listen, I think Von Dutch is classic.
I think it's fun. I think it's campy.
I'm not shitting on Von Dutch, but Von Dutch hats were super trendy a few years ago, like having a moment, right?
And I bought two of them.
And guess what? I donated them because it was cool for a moment.
And then it became not cool, like like very quickly.
Another example would be like a really long time ago, I bought a Gucci belt with a big Gucci logo on it.
Listen, I was like 17 or 18, so not going to hate on myself too much for that.
But I have since gotten rid of that belt because it was just too loud.
And the Gucci belt was kind of cool for a second there.
And then very quickly it became too flashy and it wasn't really cool anymore.
And it kind of almost became like a joke.
And listen, the thing about Von Von Dutch and Gucci is that they have other stuff that's actually really cool.
Like Von Dutch makes really cool jackets that aren't super branded.
Gucci makes really beautiful clothing.
These brands make other things that are great, but I happened to choose the things that were really loud and there was no way to style them differently.
I also think too, I'm at a point in my my fashion identity.
I don't know the term to use.
I'm at a point in my fashion journey, let's say, where I don't want people to look at my outfit and immediately know where it's from.
I like the idea of putting an outfit together and people, instead of looking at it and thinking to themselves, oh, that's a really nice jacket because it has a Louis Vuitton logo all over it.
I want people to look at my outfit and think, oh, that's really cool.
And that's really Emma.
Like, wow, that's so Emma.
But I also don't want to rely on logos to make my outfit look chic and cool.
I want my outfit to just be chic and cool, period.
Not because I'm wearing a brand name.
Does that make sense?
But also I don't want my, my sense of style to have anything to do with how much things cost either.
And a lot of times we wear logos sort of to be like, well, look at this nice thing I have. And I don't want my fashion sense to be about that.
That goes against my fashion philosophy altogether.
I believe a good outfit is a good outfit and it doesn't matter how much things cost. You can go to a thrift store and if you have good taste and an evolved taste and a strong sense of personal style, you can put together an incredible outfit that is priceless for like 20 bucks.
I mean, I know the thrift stores are sort of more picked through now than ever because people are going in and, you know, you guys probably know what I'm talking about, but you get the idea, though.
I don't like it being about how, like, expensive an outfit is.
Now, here's the thing, though.
I will say, like, if I'm going to a fashion event or something like that and I'm renting, I'm basically renting clothing from a fashion brand to just wear to the event and then I give it all back, sure, I'll wear something with a logo on it if it makes sense maybe or if it's cute.
And that's kind of different because I'm, like, dressing up.
It's more more of a costume sort of situation.
But when it comes to my own personal wardrobe, I'm not wearing logos larger than a quarter.
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Next, I regret buying the It sneakers of the moment, okay?
There have been a few instances in my life where I've bought the It sneaker.
Like most recently, I feel like the It sneaker was the Samba, the Adidas Samba.
I don't regret. I had a pair of Sambas.
They weren't the classic Sambas.
They had a slightly thicker sole.
They weren't platform, but they had a thicker sole.
I don't regret buying those, but those weren't like fully the Samba that was having its moment.
However, I have bought certain it sneakers, like for example, the Nike Dunks.
Okay. The Nike Dunks were so trendy, a two -toned low top Nike shoe.
And I got multiple colors.
Why? I don't even know.
I don't even like sneakers that much. I mean, I did definitely wear sneakers more then.
But again, it was like, it was such a trend that it got old to me quickly.
And then I wanted to get rid of them.
I also bought the, I think it was the New Balance, like 550 maybe.
And they specifically did a collab with Om Leondor, the brand.
It was like a green pair, green and cream pair of New Balances.
You've probably seen them.
I bought those sneakers as well.
They were super trendy.
But the problem with buying the the trendy sneaker of the moment is that inevitably it will become saturated.
Sneakers are so popular that so many people's default shoe that the sneakers that have stood the test of time in my wardrobe are the ones that I got because I genuinely loved them and knew that I would wear them time and time again.
Like they're versatile, they'll match almost any outfit.
And yeah, they just weren't having a moment.
Like for example, a trendy sneaker recently was like the Onitsuka Tigers.
If you really like those and you know that you're going to wear them every day, okay, fuck it, buy them.
But if you're just buying them because they're trendy, maybe find something similar, but a little bit more unique, because I think that will stand the test of time and you won't regret those later.
Another thing I regret, clothing items that I liked because they were bold and fun and maximalist, and they felt genuinely like a reflection of me as a person, whether it was because of the colors on it or the patterns or the fit, it felt like, like, oh, this is who Emma is inside, this bright, wonderful, maximalist piece, right?
But the problem with it was it was impossible to style.
I liked it off the rack.
I loved it on a mannequin, but I had a lot of really bright and bold things in my closet and together they didn't really work really well.
But then trying to style them with basics was kind of challenging as well.
It didn't work for me.
And it definitely works for some people, but I find that having a a very simple, timeless wardrobe really works for me.
Bright, colorful, wild things are just not realistic for me to style on a day -to -day basis.
I don't know. That just doesn't really make sense in my routine.
I like being fashionable.
I like to feel fashionable, but I like to have a closet that can be mixed and matched really easily.
Everything kind of goes together.
I just find that that is a more fun collection of clothing to work with.
I also think too that really bright, bold, maximalist items also have a tendency to be trendier, you know, like patterns and colors come in and out of style.
I think a good example of that would be like checkerboard print.
That was so popular in 2020 and now you don't see checkerboard print anywhere.
There are some timeless patterns like stripes and polka dots, Scots, you know, plaids.
But unless you're really critically thinking, and I definitely wasn't for a long time, about the patterns that you're purchasing, you might end up with some trendy patterns that kind of get old after a few months.
And that happened to me.
So it was a combination of not being able to style these pieces easily enough to wear them in my day -to -day life and a lot of those pieces not being timeless and me getting sick of them okay next i regret buying any workout clothes i'm specifically talking about like sports bras and like tight workout shirts and workout shorts like spandexy shorts and leggings like stuff like that i regret buying any workout clothes that aren't black okay i've been like a workout class girly for a really long time probably for the last i don't know four or five years like i became became obsessed with cycling
classes. Then I got really into bootcamp style classes.
Now I'm into hot Pilates, hot yoga, walking, hiking.
That's kind of my vibe right now.
Here's the deal. Fun colored workout outfits are fun, but they're not functional.
If you're wearing a cute light blue sports bra legging set, 10 minutes into your workout, if you're really sweating, you will look like you peed yourself, okay, from the sweat.
I know this. I've experienced this.
And like my boobs somehow also peed.
Whereas when I wear black workout clothes, that doesn't happen.
You can't see it. It hides it perfectly.
The other issue I have with fun colored workout clothes is that I work out and exercise and move my body in one way or another pretty much every single day.
And it's a part of my routine.
And I remember, you know, when I used used to have this collection of a bunch of different colored sports bras and shorts and leggings or whatever.
It used to take me a lot of time to pick out my workout outfit.
Now, some people love that.
Like they love picking out sort of a fashionable workout outfit, you know, and utilizing color to make it more exciting for themselves.
I never want to rain on anyone's parade.
And if that brings you joy, oh man, don't stop.
However, for me, it was stressful.
It was like, oh, I want to wear this blue sports bra today, but like, where are the matching leggings and I'm digging through my legging drawer and I can't find them.
And then it's like, oh, they're in the wash because, oh wait, I wore them last week with like another sports bra and I didn't find the full set and I wore them.
And then it's like, you know, sometimes you'll be shopping for activewear and you'll find like a really cute sports bra and it's like, has a really cute pattern on it.
And maybe you don't like the matching shorts or you don't like the matching leggings.
So you just buy the sports bra, but then you go home to your collection and and you realize, oh, I don't really have anything that matches that.
To me, all black sports bra, all black leggings, all black shorts, that's the move.
If I get inspired to like go for a walk, I can just walk into my closet, open my drawers, put on any sports bra, any shorts, and it all matches.
With exercise, I have to strike when I'm inspired.
Like if I'm feeling inspired, I need to go.
I don't know. It's just, I don't want to think about it.
And so I've since donated all of my fun colored workout gear and just kept all of the black pieces.
And not only do I feel like it looks better because you can never see the sweat, um, like the, the swamp ass sweat, uh, it's there still, but you can't see it.
But also just getting dressed to exercise is so much easier because everything matches.
So that's sort of been the move for me.
Okay. Next I regret buying any purses that are not ergonomic.
And it's shocking how many purses are out there on the market that are not ergonomic.
Now let's actually Google what the word ergonomic means.
I want to give you a real definition, okay?
Even though you probably already know, but honestly, I didn't know what ergonomic meant up until, I don't know, the last few years.
Something is ergonomic if it's designed for efficiency and comfort in the working environment.
Key part of that is working environment.
Okay. Listen, I love fashion.
I love matching my bag to my outfit.
I'm all about it. However, a bag, in my opinion, in my life has to be functional.
It needs to be big enough to fit all of the different things that I need to bring with me.
It needs to be comfortable because it's going to be on my shoulder all day, all night.
It needs to be easy to get things in and out of.
If there's like a flap on top of it or something, and you have to sort of lift the flap to put stuff inside, that better be an easy flap to lift. And I better be able to do it while it's on my shoulder.
Ergonomic. I've been against like the super mini bag that barely even fits your phone for a long time for this exact reason.
Because it's like, if I can't fit my phone and my keys in my wallet, why am I carrying this bag?
You know, it makes no sense.
I've still bought non -ergonomic bags my issue has been buying bags that look cute and look like they're going to be ergonomic just to find out later that they're not okay a great example would be I bought this gorgeous I actually wasn't that gorgeous in retrospect like it's actually kind of ugly to me now but I bought this bag a few years ago that was a light brown bag and it was shaped sort of like a half moon and it was sort of a cross body bag, if I'm remembering correctly.
And I ordered it online because I didn't have a bag in that color and I was going on a trip and I really wanted a bag that would match everything that I was bringing on the trip and I just didn't have one.
And upon receiving the bag, I realized, oh, getting things in and out of this bag is so uncomfortable.
Because of how the bag was shaped, the top of it, which was closed by a zipper, was really tight.
So in order to get things in and out, I had to reach my hand through the zipper and pull my hand out and my wrist would be cut like I put my hand in a fucking paper shredder.
I kept this bag for like six months and I did use it, but every time I used it, I was miserable.
I didn't want to get anything in and out of it.
I was so bummed. And I regretted that purchase.
And that's just one example.
There's been many other bags that I've bought where either like the straps weren't long enough to comfortably fit on my shoulder and then you know it didn't even work as a handbag because like the handles were kind of uncomfortable I bought bags that I don't know looked like they would be big enough to hold my stuff online but because I ordered them I didn't know the exact size and then when I got them they were maybe a little bit too small like they'd fit my phone and my wallet but they wouldn't fit my keys and my portable charger like they didn't quite fit enough and so what I've learned from that is I'm
not ordering bags online anymore unless I know because I've seen it in person before that it'll be big enough or I'm willing to literally get out a ruler and look at the dimensions of the bag, measure it out, and also willing to return it if it doesn't work out.
I'm looking at the return policy because purses and bags are not just for fashion, in my opinion.
You know, they are a really helpful, useful accessory that we're genuinely using.
It's the the same thing as like sunglasses.
I don't know. I've bought a lot of non -ergonomic purses and I regret all of them.
Another thing I regret, any couch that I've bought in my life that I've not sit on first. Okay.
Since I've moved to Los Angeles, I've purchased a few couches, probably like four, five.
I don't even know. Well, I have like one, two, I have like four couches in my house right now.
I've gotten a lot of couches in my life.
Okay. I don't know how many, but a lot.
Every single one that I've purchased without sitting on it first, I've regretted, except for maybe one.
I think there's one in my house right now that I didn't get to sit on first, but I actually love that couch. It's the most comfortable couch of all time.
Couches are meant to be squishy, comfortable.
They're pieces of furniture in our homes that we are going to be sitting on a lot.
I think when interior decorating, we can forget that and be like, like, OMG, I'm online and this couch is so cute.
I need this couch. Just to order it and find out that it's rock hard and shaped weird and doesn't feel good to lay on.
I've done that so many fucking times.
I'm never doing it again.
I will say right now, one couch that I have is perfect.
I could fully sleep on it.
It feels like a mattress.
And then the other three that I have are comfortable enough, but not that comfortable.
If I could go back in time, I probably would have sat on them and I probably would have chosen a different couch. However, they're not so bad that I deeply regret it and I'm like, oh my God, this is a tragedy.
I can't even sit on this couch. None of the couches I have right now are like that.
However, there was a couch in my last house.
I didn't like sitting on it for some reason.
It was almost unsittable.
I I barely sat on it the whole time I lived in the house.
And I think I gave it to someone.
They were like more willing to break it in.
I hated the way it felt when I sat on it.
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Okay, moving on. I regret buying books just for the sake of decoration.
When I was decorating my current home, I had a bunch of space for books.
I have a bookshelf.
I have a book bench in my living room where I put a bunch of books.
And I really just wanted to fill up the bookshelves.
and the book bench, if you will.
And so I bought a bunch of vintage books, just random vintage books.
And for a while, they filled my bookshelf and my book bench. But then one day I was like, wait, why do I have all these books that I'm never going to read?
Why do I have a book about how to remove an appendix?
Do you know what I'm saying?
I'm talking about an appendix in the body.
I have random books like that, like a nutrition book from 1920 that has bad information in it.
you know what I'm saying?
Like, why do I have that?
Why do I have, you know, a memoir about somebody I know nothing about?
Listen, I'm not saying that those books aren't interesting.
Maybe they are, but I'm not a reader to the point where I'll just read anything.
So then I ended up, you know, having all these books that I didn't want to read and then it made me not even want to look at my book selection because there were some books in there that I genuinely like and want to read or want to reread if I've read them before, but they were lost in a sea of books that were random.
and I regret doing that.
And I since slimmed down my collection and I'm slowly collecting books that I actually am interested in, but that was just kind of a bummer.
Okay. Next. I regret buying majority of the items I've bought from tourist gift shops.
There are a few exceptions.
Like I bought in, in the South of France, I bought these little trinket trays, if you will, like little trays.
I actually think they're rolling trays.
My dad told me that they're rolling trays.
I didn't know that, like for rolling a cigarette or a joint or something.
But to me, they just look like little trays that I could put my keys or I could put my pens or, you know, whatever.
I don't regret those.
However, I regret almost everything else I've ever bought from a tourist gift shop.
For example, I bought I Heart New York pajama pants in New York one time.
And I wore them a little bit, you know, like they did get used to an extent, but they were so badly made.
Like Like they were so cheaply made, they felt like plastic.
I got to a point eventually where I was like, ugh, like I don't like the way that this feels on my skin.
Like I'm really only wearing these because, I don't know, I thought they were kitschy and fun, but like they're actually terrible pajamas.
So I have since donated those.
Another example would be one time I was in Switzerland at one of the gift shops, I saw this like amazing, I actually don't know if I regret this, but I've never worn it.
So that kind of makes me regret it.
I bought this amazing belt.
It was a black leather belt with gold hardware and it had all these different decals on it that like I don't know had Switzerland related stuff on it I don't know I almost feel like when you're in a gift shop when you're on vacation your judgment goes down like suddenly you're like oh my god I I literally need this baseball cap this baseball cap that says Greece on it it says Mykonos on it I have to have this hat and then you get home and you're like this is like actually an ugly hat but there's something thing about being in a tourist gift shop, your judgment is down.
It's low. Don't go to the gift shop and buy a cheap, shitty mug or a crappy t -shirt.
Go to a local shop, maybe a ceramics store, maybe a jewelry store, whatever.
Instead, buy something that's just cool.
And every time you look at it, you're going to remember your vacation, but it's not so mass -produced that that it's kind of a piece of shit.
There are exceptions, but they're far and few between.
I think avoid the gift shop.
I still like looking around the gift shop.
Every time I'm on vacation, I will go to the gift shop.
I have to. Even now, I've been to New York a trillion times, but every time I'm there, I pop into a gift shop at least once.
But you can go in and not buy anything, you know?
Okay, next. Oh, this is maybe controversial and I don't even know if I fully regret it, but I kind of feel like I do.
I regret buying my record player and all of my vinyl records.
The truth is, if I'm going to listen to music, I'm usually going to listen to music in headphones around the house.
I'm going to listen to it on speakers.
I'm going to use Spotify so that I can listen to whatever I'm into at the moment.
I'm not saying I never use my record player, because I do.
And there's actually a period of time around when I first got it and and first started building my collection that I was really into it and I loved it.
In fact, I think I even talked about it on this very podcast and said, I'm obsessed, I'm loving using records.
It's like so nice. It is nice, but it's not realistic for me.
It was fun for a little bit.
It was a novelty, it was exciting.
But as time went on and when the novelty sort of wore off, I just ended up putting on the AirPods, listening to music around the house that way or just putting it through a speaker instead.
dead. Sorry. You know, like I'm not going to get rid of it.
I'm not going to donate it when I have people over and it makes sense to like, I don't know, sit in the living room and spin some fucking records.
I'll do it. So I'm not going to get rid of it.
But if I could go back in time, I probably would just skip out on the whole thing altogether.
But now that I have it, I'll take advantage of it.
I just don't think it was necessary.
And it is a bit of a regret.
And I'm sorry to all of you who heard me say, I don't know, maybe a year, two years, maybe even three years ago, like, I love my record player.
I'm having so much fun with my records.
Everybody needs a record player because I actually regret it.
Yeah. Okay, next. I regret buying a fancy film camera, all right?
A few years ago, it became really trendy to have the Contax T2 film camera.
It's like a very very compact little point and shoot camera.
Now, I recently decided that I want to whip it out again and try it again.
So I might end up retracting this statement.
Like, if I experiment with this camera again and end up loving it, maybe I'll regret saying this.
So it'll be like a double regret.
But I will say right now, I regret buying this camera.
It was very expensive.
It was like too expensive.
And to be honest, the photos turned out good.
Like, there was a lot of of good photos.
But it's kind of a finicky camera.
Like the photos that come out of it are sort of hit or miss.
You get a lot of blurry, a lot of blurry photos.
And to be honest, the effect that you get from it, I don't know.
I think you could use a disposable camera and feel equally satisfied.
If you get a good disposable camera, it can be pretty good.
You also don't need like, there are a lot of cheaper, less trendy film cameras on the market that can give you a really great effect, maybe even a better effect.
I don't know. I just wasn't stoked on this camera and I bought it because it was super trendy and everybody had one.
Like there were all these paparazzi photos of celebrities and they had their little contacts T2 film camera.
It was like very trendy.
And I was like, I want one.
And instead of buying the trendy, super expensive film camera of the moment, I should have done more research and been like, huh, maybe I just use a disposable camera and and see if I even enjoy shooting film.
Maybe I do more research and see if there's a better option on the market that's just more specific to my taste in photos, etc. So I ended up not really using it very much, but I do want to whip it back out and try it again and maybe just really dig into the settings and learn how to use it to its fullest potential, but it's not that great.
And I've actually talked to other photographers.
I'm not a photographer, but I've talked to of photographers about this specific camera and been like, is it user error?
Like, am I missing something?
Because everybody raves about this camera, but I actually don't think it's like that great.
Like, it's kind of finicky.
Like, you think you're taking a good photo, but it doesn't always turn out that way.
And they're like, no, that's true.
It is kind of a flawed camera.
It's not necessarily worth the hype.
So that's an interesting little tidbit of information I've gathered over the years, but I don't know.
I regret buying it.
I don't think it was a smart choice.
Next, I regret buying useless home decor just for the sake of decoration.
Like vintage cameras that don't work.
I ordered a bunch of cheap vintage cameras online.
Vintage phones that don't work.
I mean, I actually have a vintage phone.
If you're watching the video version of this, I literally have a vintage phone behind me.
I'm getting used out of it, But if I could go back in time, I would not have bought decorations that should serve a purpose, like a phone.
It's much better to go buy a cool ceramic pot or something.
Do you know what I mean?
Because then you can put little flowers in it.
And there's something that I've grown to not enjoy about having items in my home that don't work.
I mean, I think this all comes down to an epiphany I had somewhat recently about, about fashion, about home decor, about all aesthetics that blend with lifestyle is that in my opinion, it's wasteful to take up space with stuff that is not functional.
I want to blend function with aesthetics when it comes to clothes and home decor.
There was a period of my life, I think when I had my shopping addiction, where I was like, I was mainly focused on aesthetics.
I was not focused on, on function.
And that left me with with a lot of, in my opinion, junk.
If I want to decorate that shelf and like put a camera on there, like an old camera, why don't I just get one of the old Polaroids that I actually do have that do work?
Why don't I just get that out of my camera closet and put that out?
Why don't I just display that?
Why am I buying fake?
Or like the space that I could take up with a vintage phone that doesn't work.
Why don't I put a lamp there instead that actually can light up the space?
just doesn't make sense to have objects that don't work.
I don't know why I did that, but well, I think I know why I did that because, you know, I was going for a certain, I like retro items. I love the way old phones look.
I love the way old cameras look.
Now it just feels like junk to me.
But it's not just necessarily items that should work or used to serve a purpose that don't work anymore.
Another example of this would be furniture items that I don't need, like that I'm putting there to put something there.
Like for example, I bought this vintage magazine holder to put next to my couch. I don't read magazines.
So it was just kind of like this magazine rack with like three random magazines I found like in my garage.
I don't even know where they came from.
I regret buying any sort of home decor that doesn't serve a purpose.
Now you might say, Okay, well, what purpose does a little pot with little flowers in it serve?
I like how that looks and it brings me joy.
And some of you genuinely might not see the difference between buying an old camera or like buying a magazine rack when you don't actually read magazines.
Some of you might not see a difference between that and like me having little random trinkets around that really don't serve a purpose.
But the difference to me is that certain decor items, their only purpose is just to decorate.
And that feels purposeful to me.
Do you hear what I mean?
Ugh, I don't know. Maybe that doesn't make any sense.
But that's how I feel.
So do with that what you will.
Okay, next. I regret buying a litter box that cleans itself.
Okay, I bought one of those massive litter box machines that technically cleans itself because I have two kitties.
I'm not saying that these are bad devices, okay?
Because I was just talking to somebody the other day about their self -cleaning litter box and they were saying how much they love it.
And I was disagreeing.
I was like, honestly, like I had one.
I really didn't like it.
I prefer just doing it the classic way, doing it the old fashioned way, just scooping it out.
I don't know. It's just easier.
Like when I had this self -cleaning litter box, there was like an app that connected to it and it would like let you know when it was time to empty the tray and all this.
There was something about the technological element that really was hard for me to grasp.
I couldn't get into a routine with it.
But then also it took up so much space Because like if you have something that cleans itself, it's going to be larger.
It was just so big and it didn't really look that good.
And like I actually had two of them.
They didn't really look that good.
And also one of my cats was kind of afraid of the thing because it was so big that it was kind of intimidating and like kind of stressful to figure out like, oh, is my cat peeing elsewhere?
What's happening? If I remember correctly, I think I ended up having to have a normal litter box out as as well, because my cat was so afraid of the big self -cleaning one.
Anyway, I regret buying them.
I do. It just didn't work for me.
I also kind of find cleaning the litter box to be satisfying.
There's something about the scooping, the sifting, the putting in the bag.
I don't hate that experience, and it doesn't take that long.
It's like, what, a five -minute ordeal?
Big whoop. I don't know.
I just think not all devices need to be smart.
My litter box doesn't need to clean itself.
Maybe one day one will come out that I like better, but for now, I'm just keeping it old school.
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Next, I regret buying a large food processor.
I don't know why I bought a large food processor.
I think I was going to make some sort of recipe or something.
Never ended up making that recipe.
I still haven't used this massive food processor.
Now, here's the thing, though.
I do use a food processor, but I have a mini one, and I've had that mini one for many, many years.
It's easy to get out of my cabinet.
and put on the counter, plug it in.
It's easier to clean.
It's not that big. It's not heavy.
And it does the trick.
I'm usually not food processing anything very large.
Like I'm using it to chop a handful of nuts to sprinkle on top of a dish.
I'm using it to like make a little serving of pesto or something.
I'm not, I don't need a massive food processor.
I don't know why I bought that.
Another sort of kitchen device that I regret buying is a rice cooker.
I bought bought a rice cooker because again, I like thought I wanted, I think I was going to make something with rice in it or rice on the side.
And so I was like, you know what, I'll just get a rice cooker.
Like this is a, you know, a classic at home appliance, super useful.
Why not? It also is good for other things.
You can make like oatmeal in it.
You can steam vegetables in it.
I was like, this will be great.
Again, too heavy, too big.
I'm rarely motivated to like get it out and and actually use it.
But then the other thing too is, is that I discovered microwavable rice.
Listen, is it as good as what you're going to make in a rice cooker?
No, but you know, you have to choose your battles.
And I've made a promise to myself recently that I wasn't going to order food delivery anymore for myself.
And so I've been cooking all of my own meals.
And honestly, I love it.
It's great. However, the only way I'm able to motivate it and upkeep that habit is to sort of cut some corners.
And so if I'm making a dish with rice in it, getting out that heavy rice cooker and making a bunch of rice in this machine, it's a lot of work and it's almost too much work for me to motivate to do.
And some of you might frown upon me for that, but I just can't justify it.
When I could buy a single serving of rice that's microwavable and it's not going to be as good, that's a corner I'm willing to cut.
You know what I mean?
Same Same thing goes for like beans.
Like I'm not going to make beans from scratch. I'm not going to boil beans.
I'm going to buy beans in a can.
Or like they also have microwavable ones of beans that are pre -seasoned and stuff like that that come in like a bag.
You know what? If it'll help me maintain my cooking for myself routine, I'm going to do it.
The other thing is too like I live alone.
I cook for myself a lot.
I'm making single servings.
My rice cooker is huge.
It makes like a billion cups of rice.
It's like, I don't need that much rice.
I'm not going to be able to eat that much rice.
It could make a smaller portion, I guess, but it's like, do you know what I'm saying here?
I just regret buying it.
Okay, moving on. I regret becoming fixated with a certain food or snack, buying an unnecessary amount wholesale online, like buying a massive box of whatever my my food fixation is just to then not like it anymore a month later.
This happens to me all the time.
Like it just happened to me with a protein bar.
Okay. I was obsessed with this one protein bar and I was eating them, you know, kind of all the time.
And then I found a new protein bar that I like better.
Now that wouldn't be an issue.
However, it was an issue because I had like three boxes of the old type that I didn't like as much. And I just regretted buying that.
I was was like, why did I buy that many?
In theory, if I had continued enjoying that snack, it would have been very helpful because I wouldn't have ran out, but I didn't need to do that.
Another example of that would be with my favorite popcorn, Bjorn corn.
Listen, I love that popcorn.
Okay. It's like spicy.
It has nutritional yeast on it.
It's delicious. I have way too much of that popcorn.
I ordered so much of it online, like probably six months ago.
I'm still going through this this massive order that I made of this popcorn.
Why did I do that? Why?
It makes no sense to me now.
And it's not like I'm not going to get through these items, but I think what's a bummer about it is that I bought so much of it that now I'm stuck with it.
It's either like stressing me out because there's an expiration date, more so with the popcorn, or it's like I found a replacement like with the protein bar and I like the new one better.
I don't want to eat the old one.
I like the, I like, you know, um, I regret buying large quantities of foods or snacks because they're a fixation of the moment.
I've sabotaged myself enough times with that and been stuck with an unnecessary amount of something.
And then it's caused me stress.
Next, I regret buying my drum set.
I bought it because there's a drum set in my childhood bedroom, okay?
Because my dad plays instruments.
And now that I don't live at that house anymore, he can put his instruments in my childhood bedroom.
So when I go home, there's this drum set.
Now, I got into sort sort of playing it a little bit.
Not very well, but my dad taught me a few things and I had fun playing around with it.
And so during COVID, I was like, fuck it, I'll buy a drum set.
And I got kind of into it for like six months.
I never got very good.
It was really hard to learn.
I just, I hit a plateau really.
And then I completely gave up.
And now I have this massive drum set in my house and I rarely ever use it anymore.
And it's very sad. had and I I listen I mean I justify keeping it because I have a lot of musical people around me and when musical people come over sometimes it's like oh my god I want to play on your drum set and that's great but like I I don't use it and it was very much a fixation of a moment and it didn't stick and I'm not saying it's impossible for me to rekindle a love for it it is possible because I did really enjoy it but right now it's just taking up a lot of space and what I should have done probably.
He's like, I don't know what I should have done instead.
Like I really thought I would get into it.
So it's like, I guess I don't regret it, but it's a bummer that that hobby didn't stick because now I'm stuck with a massive drum set.
Instead of buying one for myself, I should have just spent a week going to guitar center every day and like playing the drum sets and see if it stuck.
You know what I mean?
I shouldn't have bought a massive drum set.
It's up any space. A drum set is a massive, that is a massive thing, you know?
Okay. Next. I regret buying my Apple Watch. Now here's the thing.
I love Apple products.
I have all Apple products.
I love Apple products.
Regret none of them, but I do regret getting the Apple Watch for whatever reason.
It just never ended up clicking with my lifestyle.
I just, I've always preferred just having my phone on me.
I got it initially for going on runs because I was running at the time when I bought it.
And I was kind of frustrated with having my phone on my runs.
I think I was putting it in an armband or a waistband sleeve thing.
And it was somewhat comfortable, but it was a little bit annoying.
And so I was like, oh, I'll get the Apple Watch because that'll be nice when I go on these runs.
But it was too small for me.
And then it was like too many devices to to manage.
It was like one too many devices to manage.
Like I was having to charge it all the time.
I'd have to take it off to charge it.
And when it comes to a watch, like I want to be able to wear a watch 24 seven.
I don't want to take it off.
You know, like I wear a digital watch pretty much every single day that I swap out occasionally for like a slightly nicer watch if I'm getting really dwelled up.
But I love this rubber digital watch that I wear every day because because I never have to take it off.
I can shower in it.
I can swim in the ocean in it.
I never have to charge it.
I never have to change a battery, like nothing.
So the fact that I had to take it off all the time, it just didn't work for me.
Also, I didn't like the way it looked either.
I'm way too aesthetically driven to wear a watch that big that looks like a little iPad on my wrist. Like I just can't.
So yeah, I regretted that.
And I didn't really use it, but I do think I'm going to give it to my dad.
I've had it in my closet for so long.
And recently my dad was like, oh, I want an Apple watch. I was like, don't buy one because I have one.
Speaking of watches, when I was 18, I bought a Rolex, white gold with like a pearly face on the front, Roman numerals.
It is a beautiful watch. I bought it because my boyfriend at the time was really into watches, like obsessed with it.
I would watch videos with him about watches, about all the different like rare watches out there.
And it did actually make me appreciate watches to an extent.
It is pretty miraculous how these watches work.
Like all of the little gears and things going on inside the watch. It is pretty awesome.
It's very cool. But was I really that passionate about watches?
No. But he was so into watches.
He was like, you need to get one.
It's an investment.
You're going to love it.
It's going to be a staple piece for the rest of your life.
I didn't have a solid enough sense of personal style to be going out and buying myself a Rolex. I didn't even wear jewelry at the time.
I go out, I buy this Rolex. I actually really put a lot of thought into the Rolex that I bought, but I regret it.
It's too big, but also it's too delicate.
I feel like I can't do anything when I'm wearing it because it's so nice and it feels fragile to me.
I'm too worried about it when I'm wearing it.
I don't want to bump it and scratch ratchet.
I don't know. It just stresses me out to wear it.
I just shouldn't have bought it.
Next, I do regret buying anything with gold hardware, like belts, purses with gold hardware, shoes with a gold zipper because I'm such a silver girl.
But there was this period of time where I thought I was a gold girl and I bought so much stuff with gold hardware.
And now I regret it so much because I'm so picky about my metals and I only like to wear silver, white gold, whatever.
I just do not like gold.
It just doesn't work.
I don't know why. I hate it now.
I guess I shouldn't say I regret it because it really was my style at the time, but now I have all this gold stuff and I can't wear it.
I like some of it too, but then there's a little gold.
It's a little bit ridiculous to not wear something because it has gold hardware.
That's a little peek into how my brain works.
Ooh, not good. You know what I mean?
That's a little peek into how particular I can be, how type A and like rigid and specific I can be.
But I'm keeping a lot of it because I don't know, a time might come in the future where I like gold again.
So I don't want to get rid of it yet.
If like 10 years goes by and all the stuff I have with gold hardware does not get touched at that point, I will donate it.
I will give it away, whatever.
Next, I regret I regret buying a bunch of spice containers that I could decant my spices into so that my spice drawer would look aesthetically pleasing and all of my spices from various different stores in various different packaging would all match. Waste.
Just waste. Waste of money.
Waste of plastic. Waste.
I shouldn't have done it.
Now, here's the thing.
Recently, I've had them in my garage for so long, but I kind of forgot about them.
But I have been thinking about what I could I could organize using those containers that make more sense, you know, paperclips or like little, you know, erasers or something like this.
I could organize my art supplies maybe this weekend or next or at some point.
I also bought containers for my pantry because I was going to put like rice and oatmeal and various things in those containers.
But that didn't end up working out.
I'm not that rigid in my routine where every month I'm eating oatmeal.
oatmeal. It doesn't make sense to be refilling that because I don't necessarily eat oatmeal like that.
One month I want to eat oatmeal, the next month I want to eat cereal.
And if I have this big container that has this big...
It just didn't work.
It just didn't work.
And same thing with spices.
It's too illogical.
It's just, I can't do it.
But with those larger containers that I was using for dry goods, oatmeal, rice, whatever, I've actually been able to repurpose a lot of those for stuff.
I have one that I use for cat food.
If a bag for something has ripped, let's say I was opening a bag of sugar and it's ripped.
Okay, then I'll put it in that container because it ripped.
Or I think I'm using them to store spare keys.
So I'm using them for other things.
They've actually ended up being useful.
The spice ones, I've not naturally found a use for.
And so to me, it felt wasteful, but I'm going to really try.
But if I could go back, I wouldn't have bought them.
And last but not least, I regret buying.
This is not due to a shopping addiction or buying too much stuff.
This is just, I regret buying my first Juul, my first vape.
I mean, I've been battling this nicotine addiction for how long now?
Six years, seven years.
It's so tough. I decided to quit this past weekend.
Well, not quit inhaling stuff.
So I was like, Emma, like you were doing so good.
You were three months, no nicotine.
And then you get, you got back on it and you haven't even looked back.
And I had this realization.
I was like, all right, I don't need to go cold Turkey.
That doesn't really work for me.
I have a full on mentee B if you will, mental breakdown.
And that's just not necessary.
Like I can use other sources of nicotine to like, at least not be inhaling shit, you know?
So I decided to start getting off of it again, but it's like, oh my God, the process of it is so exhausting.
I wish I could go back in time and not buy my own vape.
I should have just hit my friend's vapes and then let that be that because it's caused me years of struggle, like constant health anxiety, knowing that I'm actively doing something unhealthy for my body, trying to quit and failing miserably, trying alternatives and then becoming super addicted to the alternatives.
it's like, oh. But at least I'm breaking the oral fixation of the vape once again because that oral fixation element is a huge part of it for me.
So I'm kind of weaning off of that and I just regret buying that fucking Juul.
God damn it. Don't buy a vape for yourself.
Don't. Don't buy a pack of cigarettes for yourself.
Don't do it. Have one out with your friends if you fucking and want.
If I could go back in time, that's what I would do.
I mean, don't use it at all.
But if you have to, just have it socially every once in a while.
Don't buy your own.
That's the biggest mistake I ever made.
Or I just should have never tried it.
But I'm being realistic.
Anyway, that's it. I could keep going, to be honest. There's probably more things I regret buying.
So if you enjoyed this episode, let me know and I'll make a part two.
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It's not worth the temporary dopamine hit, okay?
Think long and hard before you buy stuff.
It's better. Okay, coming from me sounds a bit hypocritical, honestly.
Even though I'm not addicted anymore, it still feels a bit hypocritical, but that's okay.
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