It's not just about adding more. The white KANADEMONO table I bought entirely with my Mercari 'little-by-little' earnings.

The long-awaited purchase has finally arrived.

The new addition is a white dining table from KANADEMONO.

With its streamlined silhouette and beautiful white finish that instantly brightens up the room, I absolutely love it.

Actually, this table cost 128,000 yen. For me, this was a major splurge. It was a very expensive purchase.

However, for this purchase, the amount taken from our household budget was zero. I didn't just add new things to my home based on impulse either.

This table was purchased with my Mercari sales earnings. I wrote this hoping it would be helpful for those who: ✔️Feel guilty about making expensive purchases ✔️Tend to regret impulsive 'I want it!' buys.

Little by little, it adds up to a great table.

When deciding to replace our dining table, I set a rule. That was to
buy it only within the range of the money (sales earnings) from items I let go of on Mercari.

The 128,000 yen in funding for this purchase was poured in from the sales earnings my husband diligently saved by listing unused items from around the house on Mercari, saying, 'We don't use this anymore.'

We are both deeply moved, thinking, 'Who knew that little by little, it could add up to such a nice table.'

In our home, we value 'thinking about whether we can sell something before throwing it away.' ▼
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The joy of intentionally 'teasing yourself' when you find something you want.

'I can't wait until my Mercari earnings add up...' I know, I totally get that.

Most people, when they find something they want, think, 'I want it right now!' When I found this table, I was making a huge fuss in my head,
'Wow! I want it!!!'

But I don't buy it right away. That's because, through my past decluttering, I have learned firsthand that
'adding things is instantaneous, but letting them go is truly hard.' At the same time, I also know

the supreme comfort that comes after carefully letting things go and clearing up the room.

That is precisely why, when my desire for things threatens to run wild, I tell myself in my head,

'Don't be impatient...'
(Please imagine this in the style of Fujiko Mine!!!)

I tell myself that, intentionally making myself wait and teasing myself (lol).

Strangely enough, once you start doing this, the act of teasing yourself actually becomes fun.
(This is a method for the masochistic.)

However, rather than just buying things on impulse the moment you want them, shopping while intentionally teasing yourself like this makes you calmer and helps you think, 'Did I really want this?' which drastically reduces wasteful spending.

And above all, because I spent so much time teasing myself, the joy and affection I felt when it finally arrived at our home were multiplied many times over.

I highly recommend this 'Fujiko-style teasing play' to anyone who tends to click 'buy' the moment they think, 'I want that!' Seriously.

If you're going to welcome something new, create the 'space' for it first.

Four months of letting go, and one month with a camping table.

I also sold the ceramic dining table we were originally using on Mercari.
Even though I try to think about whether I can sell things before throwing them away,
selling large furniture instead of throwing it away was quite a challenge...

▼ My husband wrote about our 'struggle to let go' on note, but it actually took a fullfour monthsto sell the previous table (lol).

For theabout one monthuntil the new white table arrived, we set up a folding camping table in the living room and lived an outdoor-style living room life that was a bit inconvenient (but also kind of fun).

It feels as if the 'unused items' that were in our house have finally been reborn and returned as this pure white table after four months of struggle and a one-month waiting period.

Because I created the 'space' and waited for it, the sense of refreshment and affection I feel now that my favorite item has settled in perfectly is truly special.

Enjoying luxury shopping through 'circulation'.

If we had just gone with the momentum of 'Oh, this KANADEMONO table is cute! I want it!' and put our old table out as oversized trash, then paid 128,000 yen on a credit card, that would just be 'consumption'.
We would have just reduced our money and brought a new item into the house.

The table that was a bit too big for our living room, and the various odds and ends that had lost their purpose in our home.
Instead of just throwing these away as 'trash,' we were able to pass the baton through Mercari to people who really needed them, saying, 'I was looking for a table exactly this size!' or 'I wanted that!'

Having items that finished their role in our home be brought back to life and put to use in someone else's home feels really good, and there's zero guilt about throwing things away.

A new table for 128,000 yen.
I would hesitate to buy it normally, but thinking of it as the 'final settlement of unnecessary items in the house,' I feel I made the most refreshing choice possible.

I'm happy to be able to eat delicious meals again today at my favorite dining table.

▼ Here is the full record of what I sold on Mercari. Please take a look if you'd like!