I think this is linked to the impulse to optimize & curate every aspect of our lives. Can't just buy a backpack, must buy the WorldsMostVersatile Backpack. Can't just make your kid a birthday cake, must make a confection sculpted into the share of their favorite cartoon. Can't just snap a photo, gotta pose-filter-post.
I think this is linked to the impulse to optimize & curate every aspect of our lives. Can't just buy a backpack, must buy the WorldsMostVersatile Backpack. Can't just make your kid a birthday cake, must make a confection sculpted into the share of their favorite cartoon. Can't just snap a photo, gotta pose-filter-post.
My husband and I like to reminisce about sub-optimal activities that were fun. Last week we went to a local theater performance, and it was pretty bad. We still laughed at the jokes, we still hummed along with the familiar songs. Our resort vacation hotel room overlooked an active construction site - we watched the earthworks happen while we sipped our coffee on the balcony each morning. Still recall it as one of the highlights of the trip. It was fun because we were together and chose to be entertained instead of annoyed.
100% agreed. It's so hard to make the most of our current situation/possession/etc. if we're always being made aware of all the other "better" alternatives. (And yet I still haven't jumped off the precipice of deleting Instagram...because "connection!")
I think this is linked to the impulse to optimize & curate every aspect of our lives. Can't just buy a backpack, must buy the WorldsMostVersatile Backpack. Can't just make your kid a birthday cake, must make a confection sculpted into the share of their favorite cartoon. Can't just snap a photo, gotta pose-filter-post.
My husband and I like to reminisce about sub-optimal activities that were fun. Last week we went to a local theater performance, and it was pretty bad. We still laughed at the jokes, we still hummed along with the familiar songs. Our resort vacation hotel room overlooked an active construction site - we watched the earthworks happen while we sipped our coffee on the balcony each morning. Still recall it as one of the highlights of the trip. It was fun because we were together and chose to be entertained instead of annoyed.
100% agreed. It's so hard to make the most of our current situation/possession/etc. if we're always being made aware of all the other "better" alternatives. (And yet I still haven't jumped off the precipice of deleting Instagram...because "connection!")