vitalsigns
6120
Well, my significant other doesn't read this website, so I think I'm safe... :)
Jan 17, 2020,09:19 AM
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 lofty goals (material or otherwise).
Comments:
view entire thread
The keywords are “cannot afford” and “cannot have”...
By: Clueless_Collector : January 16th, 2020-15:11
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...
Balance and courage
By: Jurry : January 16th, 2020-22:53
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...
Aligned
By: Jurry : January 17th, 2020-09:51
I belief we are perfectly aligned and saying the same thing using different words. Cheers
There's serenity to be found . . .
By: Dr No : January 16th, 2020-15:33
. . . in realistic expectations. ;-) These days, all I really, really want is another Stones tour. Material stuff is just . . . stuff. O'Toole . . . . . . said it best.
That watch is not perfect beacuse it's handmade
By: nwk00 : January 16th, 2020-23:20
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.
By: vitalsigns : January 17th, 2020-09:29
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.
My unobtainable grail watch...
By: Uncle Chico : January 17th, 2020-06:02
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
By: Watchonthewrists : January 17th, 2020-06:07
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.
By: Chromatic Fugue : January 17th, 2020-09:28
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.