Enjoy your favourite things… don’t save them for ‘a special day’

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Advice

Enjoy your favourite things. Don’t wait for that ‘special occasion’ to wear that ‘special’ dress.

Where it’s coming from…

This is something I often struggle with. I’ve noticed that children don’t really have this issue, perhaps because they live more in the moment. You see, unlike me, if my daughter has a favourite top, dress or pair of shoes, she will wear them till they fall apart - and she grows out of them.

Me, on the other hand, I ‘save’ my favourite things for that ‘special occasion’. Then - more often than not - at the end of a season I realise that, once again, an entire summer would have passed and I did not wear the wedges or the dress I love: They remained in the wardrobe, and I did not get to enjoy wearing them. Which defeats the point of even having them.

The thing is that I am very aware of this. In the past we’d joke about those people who had a brand-new-plastic-wrapped living room they never used. I keep telling myself that I will start using the stuff I like.

I am working hard on this one… on taking the advice that my daughter is unknowingly passing on to me by example. Because deep down I know that life is too short not to use our favourite stuff. True, unlike children we are less likely to grow out of stuff. But I have learnt through experience that unused shoes can also disintegrate in their pristine boxes.

So, might as well they get worn out on our feet. That’s a happier life for us, and a happier ending for them.