On my quest to limit my consumption of things I have circled back to going to the gym. Now, I know that there is a certain amount of privilege in that statement. It means that I have extra cash in a month to pay for a membership and (more importantly!) I have extra time in a month to spend it on myself. So there’s that. And sometimes I have a some guilt associated with my privilege, but I think that post is for a later time. And if there are any new parents out there reading this, for the first three years or so after having my son, I had…

Sometimes I really feel anti-capitalist. I don’t want to buy things, but here in the west it seems like we only have value if we are consuming. But don’t get me wrong, I love the dopamine hit that comes from a new purchase, especially food. I love me a trip to a grocery store, but not just any grocery store, a fancy bougie grocery store. When my son was sick, on the good days in between vomit and fever we would run to the grocery store… my favourite guilty pleasure when crap hits the fan. Whole Foods. I love that place, its beautiful and it smells good. More importantly when…

In this day and age, I’ve found it difficult to buy new beautiful things. I think it’s related to the over consumption that is so prevalent in our culture bur more importantly I think it’s due to social media’s impact on my life. Recently my son was sick for two weeks. The poor little guy, so much congestion and intermittent fever. Thankfully it never got out of hand, but we were couch-ridden for most of those two weeks. Now my kiddo is still small, he just turned three and when he’s sick I inevitable become sick too. Moreover, when he’s sick I must be beside him/touching him at all times.…