FeelGooder Asks: What’s Your Poison?

Temptation. We all succumb once in a while, and although each of us is subject to many desires, I’m curious to know if, for each of us, there’s one major temptation that ensnares us every time.

What’s your poison?

It’s a tough call, but I think my poison is beauty—in all its forms. “Beauty” is really a feeling that I get. A place can be beautiful. A personality can be beautiful. A song can be beautiful. A sense—gleeful anticipation, for example—can be beautiful. If I believe that something’s beautiful, I’ll sacrifice all manner of things to have it.

Beautiful armchair

I paid more to repair this beautiful chair than it would have cost to buy a new one.

Looking back I can see I’ve spent much of my life pursuing what I feel is beautiful. Sometimes, that pursuit has come at a cost that, ultimately, is difficult to justify. Like paying to rent a three-bedroom apartment when I lived on my own. Or foregoing the opportunity to build a clear-cut career so I could indulge endlessly in the beauty that is freedom of choice. Or forfeiting a few hours’ paid work so I could go biking along scenic country roads instead. Couldn’t I have done the work first, and biked later? Oh, but the weather that morning was irresistible.

Beauty can blind us, and while that’s a reality, it’s one that I find difficult to wake up to sometimes. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing; I’m just saying it’s not always practical, or sensible.

Wait, did I just admit that?! Woah. Okay. So beauty is my poison. What’s yours?

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Georgina is a professional writer and editor, and Content Manager for FeelGooder.

Comments

  1. Was the three bedroom apartment all about beauty or was it a little bit of “keeping up with the joneses” syndrome, too?

    • Hey Rob,
      Nope, most of my friends thought I was crazy 🙂 but I loved the space and the silence — they were beautiful 🙂
      Georgina

  2. Hi Georgina,

    Watches were my poison. I love watches and possess many top brands. The negative side of that is I was over conscious about time that left no room for spending QUALITY TIME with friends and people I care about.

    I was always looking at my watch to see what time it is and how much time is left in this meeting or outing.

    But since I began practicing simple living (becoming a minimalist), everything changed.

    I don’t wear a watch anymore, and I can see and touch the difference in connecting with people.

    Now, I do spend QUALITY TIME that leads to building strong relationships with others.

  3. Oh, my poision? Elegant design.

    That should be a surprise as a male, trained as an engineer, and a marketeer. Typical male, I am visual. The engineer loves to know how things are made. The marketeer loves the emotional connection with people. The result is that I’m drawn in by elegant design. Engineering that is functional, but at the same time projects a design that elicits an emotional response.

    I love, no really, I love Italian motorcycles. I currently have an Aprilia Futura and used to ride a Ducati Monster. Elegant, functional, and … Italia. That poison would probably extend to Italian cars if the pocket book agreed, but I’m happy to have a two-wheel version in the garage.

    Elegant design – that’s my poison.

  4. my poison is GundSnuffles bears… i have 20 right now… 🙁

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