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Reader Rebecca wrote:
I think the biggest barrier I have to living a more chic simple French-inspired life is that I feel overwhelmed by the thought of the changes I'd have to make.
For example, I need to change my wardrobe, but before that I need to lose weight, but before that I need to change my diet, but before that I need to find recipes, but before that I need to use the food I have etc.
I get so bogged down in the minute details and overwhelmed by the magnitude I become paralyzed with doubt and questions and do nothing.--
What a great question! Can I say, I hear you - I have done the exact same thing. When I have a fun idea such as �I want to create my perfect and most chic wardrobe - why not do it today?�, it seems that my mind immediately jumps to �but I have to do that first before I can do this, and then this other thing comes first, and what would I do with the decluttered clothes, some cost me money�... It turns into this big long chain that I have to start at the beginning and of course it makes it difficult to be enthused to do anything because it�s hard within one second. Whew!
My first thought to counteract all this? Something that has really helped me is to
do the one thing that excites you and start with that, not what you
think you should do.
Just taking one little step can spark off all sorts of other things. If the thought of having a chic minimal wardrobe excites you, have a play around in your closet and take out everything you think does not deserve to be there for this exercise. Do it straight away and brush away thoughts of weight loss or what you �should� be doing instead (often when I do something like this I gain lots of energy and end up finishing my other tasks in record time).
With your closet, either hang the pieces you�ve taken out in another closet or even put them in a suitcase for now. Use your new chic minimal wardrobe for a little while and see how different you feel. It might lead onto eating cleaner food. An unsweetened tea or coffee might appeal more than a snack between meals. I�ve found both these things to be the case. Changing one thing often leads to changing other things, it's like a chain reaction - you're mixing up your little world so things happen!
Sometimes if I have too much junky food in the pantry I do the same as the wardrobe. I put everything on the kitchen counter, wipe out the pantry and put back only the elegant and stylish food. A few times I've even stored all the potato chips etc. in our guest bedroom in a box so I didn't see them every day. It has helped with my eating, definitely - and there are no potato chips or junky sweet stuff in our house currently :).
Pretend you're the chic and elegant lady of your dreams and make it fun. Incredibly the �pretend you� influences your real life in a good way � yay for that! I hope this has been useful, and I�d love to hear anyone else�s thoughts if you have done anything similar.