Stop Saving the Good Stuff
Maybe today is special enough.
There’s probably something in your house you’re saving for a special occasion.
A bottle of wine.
A shirt you don’t want to mess up.
The good dishes.
A candle that smells too good to burn.
Maybe it’s not even a thing.
Maybe it’s vacation days.
A restaurant you’ve been meaning to try.
A trip you keep saying you’ll take someday.
We’re strange like that.
We buy things because we enjoy them, then protect them from being enjoyed.
We wait for the right moment.
But what exactly are we waiting for?
I’ve known people who had beautiful dishes packed away for years. They ate dinner every night off the cheap ones because the good ones were for company.
Think about that.
The people you love enough to live with get the everyday plates.
Someone visiting twice a year gets the good stuff.
That seems backward.
And I wonder how often we do the same thing with our time.
We save experiences for later.
We put off trips.
We wait to call someone.
We keep thinking there will be a better weekend, a better season, a little more money, or more time.
Sometimes there is.
Sometimes there isn’t.
I’m not saying blow your savings account and open the expensive bottle on a Monday morning.
I’m saying maybe Tuesday dinner is special enough.
Wear the shirt.
Burn the candle.
Use the good dishes.
Take the vacation day once in a while.
Order dessert and get two forks.
Stop requiring life to prove that a moment is important before you allow yourself to enjoy it.
Some things are worth saving.
But a good life probably isn’t one of them.
Use the good stuff.