RE: What if, Why Couldn't, If only
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Regarding regrets and looking back... I have one weird characteristic (actually, not just one... lol...) and that's that when I buy something for myself (camera, mobile phone, laptop), I forget the price of things in like a couple of days... but for real... lol...
So, when I don't use that camera, I don't regret the money that I have paid as I have no idea how much it cost... :D
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It's a great behaviour to not to cling to the monetary value of the stuff and forget it. But still, when I fail to optimally use something, I regret for its opportunity cost ...like, what if it was owned by someone else, may be, it could serve the humanity better. Also, my thoughts go toward the cost of environment, natural resources and human labour that went into producing that stuff which will get insulted if we don't put that thing to use to its full potential. So there are several facets but not bonding ourselves to these materialistic things is the path to true freedom. And you seem to be getting there!
You are right about the fact that that "thing" could serve better to someone else, and not staying on the shelf in my home... The solution to that is to give away the "thing", or just sell it to someone else... and problem solved... No regret... :)
And bonding to material things is something that I was vlogging about earlier... about "worshipping" things, money... and there is nothing good in that... Getting out from that mentality can only help...
Thanks for the awesome reply!
Lol, I buy things when I want or need them, the cost is irrelevant if I can afford it, I always rememebr how much it costs, teherabouts, if someone asks, but I pay no heed, Money has the value for what it can get for you, eg, sopend a few hundred on a camers and get thousands of hours of enjoyment, I think the hours of enjoyment far out way any financial outlay.
My Laptop cost 1200 dollars, I have had it for 3 years at approx 11 hours use every day 356 x 11 = 3,916 hours /1200 = approx 32 cents an hour - not bad enjoyment time,
My computer has paid for itself over and over :)
Are you sure that you don't care how much it cost? :P 🤣
Just for the records, I do that for ALL things... It really doesn't depend if I need it or not... that's irrelevant... My brain refuses to memorize unimportant numbers... lol...
Lol, tehers another 8 cents right there,
I dont really know the cost of my laptop, I think it was only about 900 lol, the point being something only has the value for what you can get from it :)
However I do know how much my last car repair was 😱