july

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

I generally am not a fan of stuff. It just feels as if I am borderline forced to constantly buy junk that I don't care about. and for what? We just keep buying stuff and all this stuff accumulates and I just want to Marie Kondo away most of my stuff

Every now and then though, I find things that look like they just feel, good. What does that mean? Well, upon seeing it, it makes me imagine a life with them, maybe something I actually want to live with it. I want to come home to it, and use it day in and day out.

Some stuff is worth it, especially things that last and are with us for a long time. 

Not junk though, there's too much suggesting that we'll be happy if only we had this [stuff] but of course that's not true. 

I like the framing that buying stuff is fine, but the focus should be on the experience it enables rather than just "owning" it. Active intentionality vs passive consumer signalling. 

 I think that set would elevate the dining experience and if you take good care of it, it'll last ages. You probably get attached to it. In Japan (Marie kondo probably not one of those as much) some people believe that things you take care of and maintain well gain a soul of their own. 

So there's that.