What do you want more and less of in your life?

What do you want more and less of in your life? | More and Less List | Cotton Cashmere Cat Hair

I was inspired by Kathy’s blog post on what she wants more and less of to share my own list of what I personally want more and less of in my life. You can scroll down for my thoughts, and don’t forget to share yours in the comments! First, let’s chat briefly about this outfit, shall we?

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s everything I want to be wearing every day and can’t because I’m working in the office. I’m so grateful I have my job, of course, but ya girl is missing that WFH life and wardrobe LOL. I’m hoping that I’ll get to enjoy a hybrid work schedule early in the new year. My boss ordered a laptop to replace my current desktop, and it’s here, but still hasn’t made its way to me just yet. I am trying very hard to be patient!

Now that it feels like winter is right around the corner, all I want to wear are my big fluffy sweaters, sweatpants, and slippers. It’s a very non-fashionable uniform for a style blogger. This outfit is a nice compromise: a wubby pullover, presentable leggings, and my lugsole boots for a trendy touch!

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Thread & Supply wubby pullover | comfy casual fall outfit for women | Cotton Cashmere Cat Hair
Madewell Citywalk Lugsole Lace-Up Boot in rusted burgundy | lugsole boots with leggings fall outfit | Cotton Cashmere Cat Hair
Zella restore soft lounge leggings | casual fall outfit with wubby pullover and lugsole boots | Cotton Cashmere Cat Hair

My More/Less List

I WANT MORE:

  • Softness and stretchy things. I want softness in the form of tops/sweaters/cardigans (see example above) and other things I wear but also blankets, pillows, slippers. I want my pants to be stretchy and forgiving. I crave comfort all of the time but especially at this time of year.

  • Travel. You know I always love having some sort of trip planned. The act of planning a trip is so fun for me; I can spend hours putting together the perfect flight combination and trip itinerary. I miss international travel and would like to do that more. I haven’t been to Europe in years. 2023 is looking like a bigger travel year with 3 of my 4 parents hitting milestone birthdays so I’m not sure that 2022 will be super travel heavy right now, but I’m excited for the future!

  • Connection. I want to grow and cultivate my online community as well as make more friends offline, or at least meet up with my current friends more often! I miss this a lot after these past two years spent mostly at home. I want more genuine friendships!

  • Time. Can I say that? I need more time for everything: blog tasks, keeping the household running, reading, relationships, myself in general. I wish I/we could afford to outsource tasks such as housekeeping and prepping meals. I wish I could afford to hire a VA to help me with blog tasks that I hate doing. These are all long-term goals of mine!

I WANT LESS:

  • Clothing that doesn’t fit and fill a purpose. I’m annoyed about my pandemic weight gain, but it is what it is. Life is too short to keep clothing that doesn’t fit me right where I am and that doesn’t fill a purpose in my life, regardless of whether or not it fits. I feel like I’ve written some variation of this in countless other blog posts; it’s a constant work in progress for me!

  • Clutter. The bane of my existence. Clutter is a struggle for me; seeing it makes me stress out, but I don’t make the time to get rid of it. And when I do work on decluttering, I become overwhelmed and give up. I don’t live in a hoarder house but I am a pack rat with some things and I need to not be!

  • Time wasted on social media. I have a love/hate relationship with social media. I love that it connects me to my family and friends, especially those that I don’t see often. I love the community aspect. I love when people share funny things that make me smile and laugh. I hate how easy it is to compare myself to others. I hate that it has torn us apart and that fake accounts run rampant. I hate that it’s basically required of me to be active on social media because I want to grow my blog. I want to spend less time on social media and be more thoughtful about the time I do spend on it.

  • Judgement around harmless things. This includes judgement around my desire to work out (or not) and judgement around things I like to do that others might think are silly. Don’t judge or shame people for the things that bring them joy, including decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving; I used to think this was ridiculous but if it brings someone joy and doesn’t affect me in the slightest, why waste my energy? Do what makes you happy!!!

What’s on your More/Less List? Do we have anything in common?

OUTFIT DETAILS

Thread & Supply pullover / exact from Nordstrom Rack
Zella leggings / exact (review here)
Madewell boots / exact (also available from Nordstrom or Zappos) (last seen here)
Minnie + George bag / old; similar from Madewell (last seen here)
Le Specs sunglasses / exact via Shopbop, Nordstrom, or Net-A-Porter
Dior Lip Glow in rosewood / exact

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