“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” –Socrates
I had always loved to shop. A lot. I could spend a whole Saturday going from store to store without stopping. In fact, some of my earliest memories are of happily shopping the day away with my Grandma Wittebort in downtown Morgantown, West Virginia.
The roots run deep.
-WiscoDave
Women go huntin in stores. It's a big adventure. They have to get all gussied up and of course go with the girls. Men hunt in the woods. There is certain clothing and tools needed. Women bitch about men hunting and fishing. Difference is women have a closet full of clothes they will never wear, cosmetics, oils and 57 different kinds of shampoo and conditioner they will never use nor throw away and it's all for them. Men have a freezer full of meat and it's all for his family. So, woman don't go shopping. They go hunting. For themselves. My wife does none of that. A rainy day she loves going to a hardware store and looking at nuts an bolts. We have no dressers in our home. Juat about all the clothes we own fit in our separate night stands. I hate stores and so does my wife. I got a good one this time around.
ReplyDeleteI normally wouldn't go to Sheryl Crow fir life advice but a line from one of her songs stick in my memory
ReplyDelete" The secret to happiness is having what you want, but wanting what you have" if more looked at life that way it might dial back a little.
Unless it's a have to have now item, dead battery on the truck for instance, I usually give it a couple days to a week. If I still want or feel I need it then I'll buy it. Our government is run by consumerism and push you to spend more and more, don't listen to them.
ReplyDeleteJD
The richest man is the one whose needs are least.
ReplyDeleteDesire What You Have.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Kipling, you can never have too many books, too much ammunition, or too much red wine.
ReplyDelete-Rurik
Always heard that that being an adult just meant learning to want what you can get.
ReplyDeleteBible says be happy with what you have been given.
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