Taste can mature through subtraction without becoming afraid of pleasure.

Refining what you like usually means keeping less, not enjoying less. There is a version of that trimming which turns into suspicion, where every pleasure has to justify itself and delight starts to feel careless. Real maturing removes what was never much fun in the first place, and leaves you freer with what remains.

When you decide to cut something from your life, notice whether you are removing clutter or removing joy. If your standards have made you harder to please rather than easier to satisfy, they may have drifted past their purpose.