On Quality
What makes something “high quality”? Can “high quality” be affordable? There is an economical term used to describe our emotions when one feels they do not get their moneys worth out of an item, buyer’s remorse. How is it fair that someone has to spend their hard earned money on a product or a service only to have it betray them?
The world has forgotten what it means to be “high quality”. In the age of single use disposable items for convenience, we have lost a sense of why we buy things to begin with. Some may call this mindset a "minimalist perspective” but this seems to transcend these simple ways of life. The mind gets trained to treat, not only items as single use, but people as well.
We could see the items that we carry every day as a representation of ourselves. Our daily rituals are imbued onto our daily items. Wallets represent our financial status, keys hold our entry rights, the small tools we carry from a pen to a pocket knife can shed some insight on some of the obstacles we think we might face.
If we instill quality into the choices that we make then not only will these things be of great use when we need them but our perspective gets transformed into that of seeking quality in other aspects of our lives. Seeking quality food, friends, and lifestyles will aid us greatly in our pursuit to a happy life.
All of these things can be “affordable”. High quality items and experiences don’t always come with a price tag. But in order to seek out quality, we need to be more mindful about the consumer choices that we make. An action repeatedly performed is then termed a habit, and so like any other thing worth being prideful for, it’ll take time to build up this daily goal of seeking quality in life.