{"id":939,"date":"2019-03-06T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/?p=939"},"modified":"2019-03-05T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T00:57:26","slug":"simple-luxuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/simple-luxuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Luxuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What brings you pleasure? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your favorite little luxuries?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you draw the line when it comes to saving money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my wife and I, coffee is a big one. We make our own coffee, but we are particular about the brands that we like. It\u2019s not always Starbucks, although that is our go-to favorite. We\u2019ve experimented with cheaper brands. Every time, though, we come to the same conclusion: it\u2019s worth it to us<\/strong> to spend a little bit more for the brands we like. So we watch for sales and stock up when we can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being just the two of us in our house now, we also tend to spend more for smaller packaging rather than buying the mega-packs that would be cheaper on a per unit basis. We view it as paying the stores to store the excess for us. We\u2019ll come back and pick it up as we need it, thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is something satisfying about being able to spring for life\u2019s little luxuries. These are different for everybody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some people, it\u2019s Charmin ultra soft toilet paper. Maybe it\u2019s Jeni\u2019s Ice Cream. Or, perhaps it\u2019s that specific type of ballpoint pen, medium tip, black ink, that only comes in 5-packs and can only be found at that one store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am fond of good quality legal pads. White paper. College ruled. Somehow writing on them just feels better. It makes the ideas that get scribbled there seem more important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on and on about my personal choices for which things I find worth spending a bit more vs. where I am willing to go with the cheaper brand. You might get a laugh out of the list. You would likely disagree with many of the choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What matters more, though, are the choices that you make. Only you can determine those items that are important to you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are a compulsive saver, uber frugal, who finds pleasure in how much you save by buying in bulk, go for it. If you are fine with plain old stick pens, have at it. I am not suggesting you do otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I do think it is important to identify those areas where treating yourself, even if only occasionally, is valuable. It sends a signal to your brain that you value your self<\/em><\/strong>, that you see yourself as being worth it. And you are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, go ahead. Throw caution to the wind. Buy yourself the extra-bright colored super-sticky 3M brand Post-It Notes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have earned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are worthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s important to treat yourself once in a while. Where do you splurge?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7,13,52,5,9,8,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WorkShouldBeFun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}