I bought a pair of tap shoes once.

I was 38.  I hadn’t taken tap in 30 years.  And inexplicably, I bought tap shoes.  Why? I’m not sure.  I’m pretty sure it says something deep and foreboding about my inability to control my impulses and, concurrently, my slight addiction to Amazon.  I did wear them once.  I love the sound of tap shoes, but as it turns out, they’re quite exhausting.  And, like my daughter so aptly put it, “Tap shoes are like a piano.  If you don’t know how to use them correctly, they don’t sound that good.”

Touche.

I am way more surrounded by the the objects of my desires than the fulfillment of those desires.  I buy juicers to juice.  Blenders for smoothies.  Budget software for budgeting.  Journals for writing.  Paints for crafting.  Heck, I even pay for this blog software for blogging.  Thing is, as much as I’d like it to be true, none of these “objects” actually make things happen.  (Even though my trusted friends at the marketing company said they would!  They will NOT be receiving a Christmas card this year, that’s for sure.)  They are inanimate and costly and ALL of them take human interaction.  So I’m here to tell you, through thoughtful (and of course intentional) trial and error, buying things will NOT make you skinnier, healthier, richer, craftier or…a writer.  Turns out, I have to do that.  *Mind Blown*

BUT, on the bright-side (I’m also addicted to self-help books and perpetually trying to find the “bright-side”), all of these things are MUCH easier to buy than implement.  So if simply having the object (usually in 2 days time) was the goal –  winner!  And, good news is, if you ever decide to juice, blend, write, craft or blog…they’ll be right there waiting for you, like an old reliable, slightly overcomplicated, friend, when you’re ready to venture into the scary world of “doing” something….like, ummm, let’s say, writing a blog post.