Spangles - Dr. Tabby
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I've had personal communications where people complain about a PD:
Appreciation of what we have and a sense of gratitude for it are lovely antidotes to a perpetual cycle of consumption and dissatisfaction.
The only perfect watch is the one you badly want but cannot afford or otherwise acquire.
We romanticize what we cannot have, whether watches, automobiles, homes...women, etc. The reality is often (always?) very different. Once attained, there's always some new peak to climb. This is not to say that there aren't so-called "exit" watches, but t...
The keywords are “cannot afford” and “cannot have”...
Only way is to control own desires and willingness to settle. I understand very clearly I cannot have everything and anything so I’ve learned to let go. Always my challenge, if a very nice item can be bought everywhere or selling at discounted price, nega...
"Control [ones] own desires"...totally agree...I think that's an important part of the path to happiness in all walks of life.
It's not an ascetic approach by any means...just a realistic approach...desires in the abstract can be endless whereas resources and even realistic expectations have boundaries.
Balance and courage
The admiration for those things that are (just) out of reach may lead to desire and desire will lead to motivation to seek ways of acquiring what you want. If it remains out of reach, and admiration and desire are in balance, it will stay there peacefully...
Well, my significant other doesn't read this website, so I think I'm safe... :)
I agree...striving for something better is good motivation -- not knocking that at all -- but the cycle of acquisition, disappointment, romanticizing the next one, acquisition ... ad infinitum, is a fool's errand. I am most certainly not objecting to loft...
Aligned
I belief we are perfectly aligned and saying the same thing using different words. Cheers
There's serenity to be found . . .
. . . in realistic expectations. ;-) These days, all I really, really want is another Stones tour. Material stuff is just . . . stuff. O'Toole . . . . . . said it best.
I've had personal communications where people complain about a PD:
Appreciation of what we have and a sense of gratitude for it are lovely antidotes to a perpetual cycle of consumption and dissatisfaction.
Completely agree that it's human nature to idealize what we don't have!
That being said, I think finding the "perfect" watch is more about understanding what your own priorities are and having the knowledge of what's available on the market to find one that satisfies all of them.
Yes, in this sense, a perfect watch is selected...
...not from the entire universe of watches, but from a subset reflecting a balance of needs, desires and resources. Good way to look at it.
Indeed not, but the psychology that the next one must necessarily be better (even if not perfect) is faulty...
There is always a "next one"...
Targeting what is essential vs. striving for unattainable perfection....that is a good guide.
Then we spend the next 12 hours discussing what is "essential"
That watch is not perfect beacuse it's handmade
And perfect is a slippery slope as you pile on more requirements. But doesn't stop us from reaching for them. Besides.... "the best things in life are already free. It's just the second best things are very, very expensive." Just be content when you feel ...
As with so many things, high-end audio, cars, etc.
The incremental few % (say from 95% "perfect" to 99% "perfect"...whatever that means) costs many multiples as much. The second-best things are indeed very, very expensive.
perfection is an illusion...imperfection & imbalance is what makes something 'soulful' - my humble perspective :-)
your first shot is impeccable ! Best, mahesh.,
I wish it was mine...this picture and watch are SteveG's
See here: watchpics.com l Many other great watches and exceptional photos. And I agree, perfection is an illusion...
My unobtainable grail watch...
is one my father wore in the 1940s during the war in Europe. He gave it to a fellow soldier before an engagement because he had a premonition he would be a causality. He was indeed wounded but not fatally. After the war his comrade sent it back to him. I ...
There is no exit watch imo
Like you said there will always be a great and other amazing watch around the corner. Excellent pics from a amazing PD btw
That’s a basic economic truth.
Luxury goods in general invert the usual laws of supply and demand: the higher the price (or more constrained the supply), the greater the demand. Crazy human nature.