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It’s funny how differently we act when we know that there’s only a limited amount of something. I think much of this is subconscious. I don’t think of myself as a wasteful person, yet I noticed that I’ve gotten much more use out of a container of lotion than I normally would have. Why? Because I know that I can’t get any more of it until mid-October.

You see I have some vanilla-scented lotion that I love that’s only available for a couple of months each year. My husband gets it for me for Christmas, and I use it all year long. But I’m running low on it, and we’ve still got a ways to go before Christmas.

I keep squeezing the container, trying to eek out every last bit in hopes that it will last me a little longer. But if I knew that I could go out and get some more right now, I probably wouldn’t be trying as hard to use it up. Yes, there is a balance to be found between going to extremes, but how much more could we save in the long run if we were just a little bit more careful to get more use from things?

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