Martha Stewish

guilty that i was spending it so i wasn't actually getting joy from spending the money i was feeling like oh my gosh this is a lost opportunity to invest this money and i was just living in this total deprived vibe so then i was like okay i'm gonna look through my spending and i'm gonna actually try and work out like which of the things that i spend on align to the things that i really value what things make me feel joyful when i spend on them and i don't bat an eyelid and what things i spend on think like oh god that like was so unnecessary it's such a waste of money i

And that's when I kind of was able to work out that the things that I really care about and don't mind spending money on is simplicity.

So anything that makes my life more simple, if I've got like subscriptions that are automatically coming, my favorite one is every three months, my Surrey toothbrush heads arrive and I don't even have to think about it.

Love that.

I want to like create systems in my life that are simple.

And it's the same with money.

Like I want, I want my money systems to be set up and be simple so that I don't have to think about them.

Off the top of your head, can you think of other things that fit into the simple category or making your life simple?

Anything that I can automate that I know is going to be the same every single month.

If I could get my groceries delivered every two weeks where I don't have to place the order, it just arrives, I would love that.

I don't want to spend energy on doing those kind of things.

But equally, I value simplicity in things like not having to take three connecting flights to get to the destination.

Would we say that falls into comfort or simplicity or kind of both?

Probably both.

My four sort of like values in my authentic code is anything that simplifies my life, anything that makes it more comfortable, beautiful items because I care about aesthetics and freedom.

So things that give me like freedom of choice or freedom of time, like giving me more time.

I looked at my April spending and I spent £200 on Ubers in the month.

That does not bother me whatsoever because for me, that is pure comfort.

It's usually at the end of the night or it's raining or there's some sort of inconvenience, which makes me think, do you know what, I'd rather shave 20 minutes off by time getting somewhere and get in an Uber.

So I never feel guilty about that.