Things I Buy And Regret Every Time
This is a list of things I buy and regret purchasing every single time. Ever expanding reminders for myself.
My general theory of life: Do not expose yourself to luxury (middle class life being my baseline, which is already luxury I suppose). Example: someone asks you to try their audiophile headphones. DO NOT DO IT! You do not want to notice the difference everytime you listen on your apple wired earbuds. You can extend this to everything. Sometimes the grass is greener but your grass looks really green when you don't look at theirs.
Candy & Chips
Everytime I complete a large task (example: graduating w/ masters this week) I say fuck it, let's get some candy or chips. Every time I do this the happiness I have while thinking about these is instantly brought down to pure despair after the first bite. The concept of eating gas station candy is always 100x better than doing it. Not that I am a person who values his health more than average or feels guilty or shame about their eating habits, I just feel like it will taste so much better than it does. So sad.