Quality vs Quantity
My Mother-in-law always says "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap", now she always looks for a bargain, and is always shopping the sales, but when she makes a big purchase, you can be sure it will last her a lifetime.
I just listened to another one of Dr. Aziela Jancovics podcasts, Journey to Organization and Zero Waste, this with Rebeka Salztman.
Rebeka whose website advocates, quality over quantity...going to the mall with shopping list, much as we go to the supermarket and buying what we need not just chasing the next shiny object that just adds clutter to our wardrobe and our lives.
Now I am guilty (maybe even guiltier than most) of using shopping as therapy, buying things just because, I do try to move things out of my wardrobe, but even after moving into a new house, I still have tons of "stuff" that I don't need, don't really want and don't really know what to do with.
Which brings up her next point which really threw me for a loop, as obvious as it seems.
All we really have is SPACE and TIME and both of these things are FINITE.
They are ours to do with what we will, but how much do you waste? And, how much more are you willing to waste?
We talk about spending quality time with our children, and how big a difference that makes in their development. How about quality time with ourselves, with our work, with achieving our dreams?
Truth of the matter is it sounds great, right? I love the idea! yet I spend a lot of time doing stuff that is important but not really in line of what you would call quality time stuff....at the end of the day I can't even tell you what stuff I did...outside of feeding my kids, food shopping, cooking and Facebook.
So, how do we use our finite resources effectively? This is my question.
The answer, at least for me, is to create a structure for fulfillment, long term dreams and goals chunked and stepped back into workable manageable pieces. I've done it before when I made my 25 year plan that I fulfilled in 10. So time for me to get planning. I'll fill you guys in tomorrow.
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Comment from: David Herz [Member]
Hey, I went shopping today, and it was great therapy, and colorful socks, and a pretty yellow shirt, and I put in a bid on a house, but I’d be awful surprised if I won that, because I went in awful low, but you never know. Maybe say a little prayer for that one; it’s really cool, and crazy dated, but that’s okay.