project 333 - Book Review


project 333

Courtney Carver

3.75 stars

 

 

 

Okay, so this book appears to be about your wardrobe (33 items in your closet for 3 months) but…the ideas are applicable to those who might have too many of anything. 

We can be equally caught up with the high of any type of purchase. We might have too many kitchen gadgets, a surplus of tools you might never use, or have towering piles of exercise clothing from the races you took part in (or didn’t), it can even be the allure of art supplies (that could be me!).

We all have things we will get to, use, or keep for nostalgia.

Project 333 makes you stop and think of why you might feel you need this. It’s an oversimplification to say it’s a need vs want. Is it just one specific feeling that makes us reach out for more? 

More things of any sort? 

More of what we already have? 

And sometimes more debt? 

Does having more things make us feel more desirable, happy, worthy?

Carver addresses the fragility of our thoughts as we go through life. Perhaps a perceived insecurity in our lack, most likely stemming from our birth family or some crisis. Or from the auntie who made the connection of a shopping trip as a treat for good behaviour/good marks or simply her needs. 

Through the pages you are encouraged to check in with your behaviour, and to watch for the signs of our anger, fear, disappointment as an excuse to shop. There are many examples given (at least 33!) of other activities to take part in rather than to pull out your credit card.

An expansive wardrobe might not be your concern  but if you look deeply enough there is some wisdom to be found within these pages. Definitely some ahh moments if we slow down to think about what we don’t easily admit. However, the book is a compilation of what the author has shared on her blog posts, newsletters and social media. There was nothing too new here for me (although it was a good reminder).

If you are reading about Project 333 for the first time, yes, read this book, and do it slowly. If you are already a fan of Courtney Carver, you will be able to read it quickly and might better choose to borrow this one from your public library.

Now, I’m on to Vanderbilt from Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.

What are you reading today?




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