spend out.

on tuesday my roommate emily did a community night based on a book she read called the happiness project.

i've never read it. but she has. so that got us talking about "happiness" (surprisingly not the first community night that we've discussed the topic)

the writer, gretchen, creates her own "happiness project" complete with month by month "to-do" lists and focus areas.

for community night we talked about where we would be or focus on some of her monthly projects

• what would you do if you had a free hour
• what would you do if you had a free week
• what would your splurge on if you had some extra money

you know... those kinds of fun things...


our night ended with some pure happiness.... a good old fashion slip in slide. come one come all... even the neighbor kids joined in on the adventure.

but i thought the whole hullabaloo was pretty neat (maybe someday ill sit down and read the book and not just take emily's word for it).

but there was one thing that popped into my head. one of rachel's task is to...

 spend out.

spend out.

so the way i understand it                           ..... is using the things we have. because we can. 

you know when you a new skirt/shirt/top (any random clothing item that you purchased) and you save it up for the perfect event... so it just sits in a closet being unused.

or when you have a gift card for a restuarant or shop that you just keep saving in case you need it in a "pinch"

or when you know you need a new basic item (something you use everyday) like a hair product or make-up but you keep holding off (random tangent... i once did this for a small period of time with toothpaste... don't get grossed out... i just kept using up all the samples i could find until finally i got a new tube). 

so i love this idea.

spend out. use what i have. because i can. its not being wasteful... rather said item was simply being wasted!

so today... i spent out.... i used this set of cards that one of my college buddies jimbo, gave me. he got them on a trip to italy and they are super neat hand-made paper with sea-salts or something like that. they were so neat, so i kept saving them...

the look much cooler in person.

... and i NEVER used them because i was saving them for the "write" time (get it. pun.).
but today is "spent out" and wrote a note!


im going to keep spending out. ill keep you posted if i run into any fun "spending out" adventures!

oh. and if you have a neat "spending out" adventure... let me know... comment or hit me up kate.niemer@gmail.com

that's all she wrote.