Welcome to Club Dead ☠️
Did I win Halloween this year? Witch, please - I totally did.
A while back, one of my friends blew my mind with her makeup collection (hi, Kathryn 👋). She had one mascara, one eyebrow pencil, one lipstick - you get the idea - but they were all THE BEST. She’d taken the time to research and find products that really worked and her beauty products were done and dusted.
Now, she doesn’t have to buy every Instagram ad she sees for the latest fix. She doesn’t have to waste brain space trying to decide if she should buy a different version, whether it’s worth it, if it will work with what she has. The decision’s been made and she’s free to live her VIDA LOCA!
Since I discovered this way of living (which came as a SHOCK to this “every day is a new opportunity to try out everything new” gal), I’ve been trying to tighten up areas of my life.
I don’t make decisions around what to eat for breakfast (smoothie and oatmeal), whether I work out every morning (yes), what time I go to bed (9:45 on the dot), what bras and underwear I wear (EBY because I learned my beloved underwires can cause lymphatic problems?). We even have a plan where we get Indian every other Friday night and watch a movie together because we don’t make decisions! We use our time for fun! We are SO ORGANIZED!
MWAHAHAHA! Let’s get real. We have a couple of areas figured out and then lots that are a mess. And a big one for me was Halloween.
I KNOW. You’re like, Halloween, dude? I thought you were going to say taxes or getting the car maintainanced or, at the very least, making dinner (yep, those could all use some work).
You have to understand, though: Halloween is my Super Bowl. I love it, look forward to it, plan for it months in advance (see our collection of family costumes as evidence). But, I couldn’t figure out the decorations.
Every year, I’d buy a new spider or set of bats or last year’s sucky, overpriced pumpkins that ended up in our neighbor’s yard every other day. It always looked very mediocre and took way too much time and money.
Until this year. May I present to you:
Club Dead: Anyone who’s anyone is DYING to get in. SHAZAM! 🎉
Featuring, some of my faves like:
It’s our family’s perfect mix. We love a good pun (Chris and Alice came up with all of them), I found 80% of the costumes in my closet or the Halloween box, and it doesn’t require perfection, just heart. Plus, the neighborhood is VERY into it. I’ve talked to more neighbors in the last 24 hours than I have all month!
And, it’s done for the next ten years! We’ll definitely add to it each year, but that feels easy and fun and doesn’t require reinventing the wheel. (I already have Timothy Shackleme and Terror Swift ready for next year and am brainstorming Mary Poppins and Bridgerton…)
I feel so free! I have so much brain space I’ll probably get months ahead on my Substack! My life is so open and decision-free… Oh man, did somebody say CHRISTMAS?!?!? 😂
Here’s a video of the whole crew:
Feel free to steal the idea! And comment below - is there an area where you’ve removed decision-making and how’s it working? I’d love to try it!