Comments on: Waste: Failing to Enjoy Your Possessions

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Enjoy all your best things today! Don’t delay! Tomorrow you may not be here. Yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery. TODAY IS A GIFT!

By: MoneyChangesThings

MoneyChangesThings — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:07:00 +0000

Great story. I have a similar one. I inherited a Limoges cocoa pitcher from a great aunt. My mother always said “Limoge….” in hushed tones, as if it were sacred. The message i took into adulthood is that it was hugely expensive and valuable so i kept it in the china cabinet for fear of breaking it. (I’ve actually never broken a vase, but I guess thought my inner child was still in charge of my adult behavior.) One day for kicks I asked an antique dealer about it and he said basically everyone’s grandmother had Limoges. I looked it up on Ebay and there was a cocoa pitcher just like mine — for $75 or so. From then on I’ve used it as a vase all summer long. Whatever hydrangeas I put in it look great – and I sooooooooo enjoy it. Too bad about all those years it sat on the shelf gathering dust.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:35:00 +0000

Holy cow, this really speaks to me and leads me to some contemplation. I recently was looking through my closet and came across a necktie that I purchased years ago in Germany – a tie that I LOVE, by the way… that I have only worn once or twice. What a waste. I am guilty of this very sin of omission – I tend to set nice things away and not use them, rather than getting the very most out of them. What’s was the point of cashing in the annuity (OK, the tie wasn’t THAT expensive, but it wasn’t cheap) if you aren’t going to make the most of the proceeds? Thanks for a great post.
Jerry

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:21:00 +0000

What a great post for my “break!” I’m sorting through my children’s winter clothes. Last winter I left directions taped inside the kids closets for their dad. (They are too young to dress themselves without help.) “Top drawer – play clothes, middle drawer – nicer clothes, hanging in closet – good clothes only dress them if I’ve told you to.” This year we will just have “play clothes” and “nicer clothes” lables! We didn’t wear enough of the “good clothes” last year!