The pair saved for special occasions can remain unfamiliar long after purchase.

Things kept for best never get broken in. The shoes stay stiff, the jacket never learns your shape, the good glasses feel like somebody else’s, because familiarity comes from use and there has not been any. Saving something can preserve the object and prevent any relationship with it. What is protected from ordinary days tends to stay slightly foreign.

Wear or use the good thing on an unremarkable day this week and let it get scuffed. An object that fits your life is worth more than one kept perfect for occasions that keep not arriving.