Done With It

I spent the better part of my day yesterday in two parts:  First, picking out objects of no particular consequence (computer speakers, picture frames, and a couple small desk organizers). Second, returning both the picture frames and computer speakers.

Upon very brief comparison (literally a minute), I discovered my older speakers actually have much better bass capabilities than the ones I had purchased not two hours before (yet the older ones were manufactured over ten years ago).

As I walked through the store on my way to leave, this thought crossed my mind: We don't make anything.  Anything!  Alright, maybe we make some food.  But where did we get the ingredients from?  The store!  Positively every tangible thing we consume comes from the store.  The concept of clothing, especially, came to mind as I saw a woman examining jewelry who wore the average pair of jeans, and a couple layers of shirts and a scarf.  And the next thought crossed my mind: Why don't we make our own things anymore?

Granted, some probably still do.  But the mainstream mentality is to just buy it, and be done with it.  But maybe that's the problem: We're too anxious to just be done with it.  Why?  What great thing awaits us on the other side of "being done with it" than something else that you also just want to be done with?  And chances are, you're actually not done with it. Like me, you'll probably end up having to go back to that store just to return your purchases that you thought would enable you to be done with it in the first place.

As I informed my dad that the picture frames were going back, he reminded me that he owns a router, and that the router could make exactly the picture frame I want.  I may take him up on the offer.

Now all I have to do is go buy the materials to make the frame.