Submitted by OutdoorzExplorerz t3_116av8d in BuyItForLife
I just took a deep look across my bedroom. I’m embarrassed to say that it is decently cluttered. As I scanned, I would look at an item that I wished was nicer, like a light fixture. Then I looked at two items that were useless, “waste of money”, cheap purchases. I mentally added up the cost of all three items, and as expected, if I held off on the two stupid purchases, I could have bought a high quality “buy it for life” version of the third.
My entire house could have been a showpiece if I held off on stupid purchases and funneled all that energy into finding the highest quality items that would bring me the most joy.
liliaceae_001235 t1_j95u2rn wrote
We use buying items for short-term joy as therapy. It is hard to only hold out. Especially when life is stressful.