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Nobody Needs That Many Hot Sauces
Does the luxury in your life serve you well or hold you back from what you desire?
The other day I was driving to work and realized I own seven unique ways to play songs by Nickleback.
I don’t ever want to. But I have quite a few ways to make it happen if I did.
Which I don’t. I can’t stress that statement enough.
When I arrive at the office there are about a dozen flavors of coffee on any given day I can choose from, six or ten styles of pens all in the confines of a space that adjusts to any temperature I desire within a few minutes. When I leave I have the ability to drive anywhere my heart desires, pull out a small card from my pocket and purchase just about anything I want in the time it takes me to yawn.
Right now there are eight different hot sauces in my fridge.
Eight.
Nobody needs that many ways to spice a bowl of rice — and that’s the point.
I live in a world of excessive luxury I take for granted every single day.
I have choices, and a lot of them, for most situations. I can choose what kind of shirt I want to wear on any given day because my closet is full of different pieces I adore. Yet, in many parts of the world, a…