17d • General discussion
Resourcefulness
We are taught to replace, not mend.
We live in a world that tells us to get the next big thing, the upgraded version, cancel culture.
As the AC went out in my SUV this week, I was put in a position where I faced this programming head on.
The shop gave me a laundry list of things wrong with it.
My 2014 GMC that I chose over a 2021 Benz, was crapping out on me.
I chose it for many reasons. Wanting a lower payment was one of them, but mostly I wanted something that I could USE in every sense. And that’s what I have done. Between kids and business, I drive A LOT.
My first instinct when this all happened yesterday was, I gotta trade this thing in. I gotta get rid of this thing. But after my emotions settled, I sat with my choices.
I could put the money into fixing it, possibly us doing it ourselves with the help of family, or I could trade it in and put myself in a financial position that doesn’t align with what we need.
This brought me to being resourceful.
I’ve been working on making a switch in all aspects of life, away from automatic replacement to fixing things, using them past their prime. It’s been hard, realizing how quick I am to order a new sports bra online at midnight, or a supplement that keeps showing up on my IG feed. Even at the grocery store, not reaching for that fun snack or convenience lead by food noise. Learning to use, and be grateful for what we have. It’s an act of presence. A skill.
100 years ago people weren’t buying a new car when the motor mounts went out.
They weren’t getting the newest IPhone or that latest drop of Jordans.
They used what they had. They fixed things. And that’s got me thinking about how we treat our relationships too.
In friendships, in family, in love.
The divorce rate is the highest it’s ever been. It can’t be a coincidence that it’s because we live in a world to trade in when things get rough instead of fixing things. We have been taught subconsciously to buy new, need new, want new. The next shiny thing.
You know that part of the relationship when the honey moon phase ends and you are left with the actual person? this is where people usually move onto the next exciting fling. Instead of getting to know the person you fell for, working through differences, fixing things.
What would our world look like, what would our connections look like if we went back to mending instead of replacing?
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