Philosophy · March 8, 2026 · 5 min
Rule one: buy the end of the search, not the beginning. Most purchases are placeholders for the thing we actually want. Wait, save, and buy the real one.
Rule two: cost per decade, not cost per item. A bag used daily for twenty years costs less than the four bags it replaces — in money, and in mornings spent deciding.
Rule three: everything visible should be repairable. Objects that can be repaired are objects someone expected you to keep. That expectation is the whole difference between luxury and expense.