My grandmother used decades old things in her house. Pans, pots, cutting board, mixer, cutlery, table cloths, furniture. She had lots of "mid-century" originals. She had ancient wooden clothes pegs. She appreciated new things and adopted mobile phones and the internet at 80+, but bought nothing just for the sake of newness or fashion.

We try to live similarly. If it isn't #broken, don't #fix it (aka #replace it). Then during the weirder times of 2021 our thrice-repaired washing machine, a model from the 90s, showed signs of breaking again, and we knew that the delivery times for new machines were climbing fast into the multi-months. So we decided to order a new one. It arrived while the old one was still working (we were treating it very carefully), and we sold the old one to someone who knew what they were getting.

Ever since then I've become aware of how much the assumption that "everything will be available in the future anyway" is underlying all my decisions. Only that it isn't true?

#strategicDecisions