{"id":2430,"date":"2017-02-07T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2017-02-07T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:00:32","slug":"the-finish-line-of-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"The finish line of Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s entirely possible that 2016 is when I finally<\/em> scratched the last itch for things. I got a Harris Tweed sport coat for Christmas which had lingered on my wish list for years, and then I spent some money on a pair of Australian work boots of a type I\u2019d been eyeing off and on for half a decade. And with that, everything I actually wanted badly enough to write down was acquired.<\/p>\n

What did I always fixate on? Shoes? I have all the shoes I usefully need for any occasion. Outerwear? Same, all possible instances and styles are covered. I have the phone I need and the accessories that suit it, I\u2019m fixed for hats unless some perfect Vanderbilt lid descends, I need another Nerf gun like a hole in the head, I have a new car and a decent bicycle, and if I ordered one more insulated mug of any kind my wife would take my life (I\u2019m arguably already one over what I can usefully use). But even some of the other things I wanted, however frivolously, are beside the point. I don\u2019t want a new pair of eyeglasses, no matter how tangentially stylish. I don\u2019t want that T-Mobile SIM with 100 minutes and 5 GB of data a month for $30, because as long as work\u2019s paying for my phone and I own the handset myself there\u2019s no point in sinking the money. I don\u2019t need sports jerseys for players who probably won\u2019t be here more than a year or two anyway. My bike is just fine, when I ride it, and no matter how cool Priority\u2019s beach cruiser is, it\u2019s pointless if I don\u2019t live at the beach.<\/p>\n

So what is it that I want to spend money on now? Given the opportunity? Books to read, mostly at home. Craft beer, mostly to drink at home. Going out with friends. Going abroad for as long as the freight will bear it (looking at you, Ireland). I may have finally crossed that millenial-threshold into experience first<\/em>, after a conscious seven-year program of trying to accumulate the things I\u2019ll be able to use for the rest of my life. With the obvious exception of the cellphone, because we\u2019ve already proven that can\u2019t be done\u2026of which\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s entirely possible that 2016 is when I finally scratched the last itch for things. I got a Harris Tweed sport coat for Christmas which had lingered on my wish list for years, and then I spent some money on a pair of Australian work boots of a type I\u2019d been eyeing off and on … <\/p>\n

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