The things stored for someday should occasionally meet the calendar.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Saving something for a better occasion feels like care, and past a certain point it turns into never using it at all. Someday is not a date, so nothing on that shelf ever comes up in the ordinary rotation of a week. The good dishes, the bottle, the trip, the fabric bought for a project all quietly change from possessions into intentions. A thing you never use is a slightly nicer form of clutter.

Choose one item that has been waiting and give it a place on the calendar this month. Not the perfect occasion, just a Thursday you have already decided about.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What have you saved for someday without ever setting a date?

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