I suddenly realised that posting about meeting wants and not needs on my birthday might leave me open to allegations of hypocrisy - on the assumption that some big present had come my way.
So, this was my wife's present to me this morning:
In fairness, I should add this 'extra':
I think it fair to say that she knows just what I like.
When she asked if I had bought myself anything as a treat, I admitted that I had:
I am not sure we're going to fuel growth with these, but that was never the point of life, in my opinion. And I will still be counting my blessings.
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Last Xmas we decided as a family to try to buy all our presents secondhand, or give experiences (my daughter is a climate activist).
It worked out really well, and I’m now trying to buy everything I can secondhand, if possible from charity shops. You have to shop in a different way, because it’s harder to find exactly what you want when you want it. So you don’t ‘go shopping’ – you call in when passing recycling or charity shops and buy things when you see them – so it saves the energy/pollution you might also use if you made a special trip. Everybody wins!
I agree
I am happy to do that
My sons choose to buy second hand clothes
I often buy second hand books – although I also like to support smaller publishers
And the unpredictability of second hand shopping is fun
Many Happy Returns – Naughty, naughty naughty with those chocs – they’ll go well with a coffee though.
You are a man of excellent taste.
🙂
My birthday requests to my family consists of one thing: Do something interesting with me, or leave me alone.
For some reason I have the reputation of being grumpy.
🙂
Congratulations on your birthday.
When I turned 60 last year, I recalled that well-known quote from Henry David Thoreau:
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for unimportant things. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, and worrying about the past. Live in the present.”
Very true.
I agree
Happy birthday! For all our sakes I hope you have many more.
That’s my plan…
Happy Birthday!
Lovely pressies ,especially the chocolate . In our family , mainly we only ever give things that you can eat, drink, read, wash with, or best of all ….seeds .
I like that….
Happy Birthday, and thank you for educating this old codger. Please continue to do so.
I’ll try