Scope Creep
For decades, I kept a fixed list of my three necessities of life. It was a nice, simple, straightforward list. Easy to remember, easy to communicate, and unchanging.
However, a couple years ago I added catness to the list, expanding to four the number of things I need to be happy. The list became a bit more bulky, but four isn’t too many things to juggle, right?
Today I realized there’s a fifth necessity of life: sunbeams. Over the past few years, I’ve really become something of a sun worshipper, and commuting between Boston and St. Thomas has really underscored how dramatically sunlight impacts my mood.
But I’m concerned that my list of necessities of life has grown from three to five in the past couple years. Is my list becoming too big to manage?
One final observation: four of the five are sensual things, and the fifth is materialistic. Not sure what that says, but it’s kinda interesting to note.