- I was watching House Hunters International last night (yeah it was a Friday night...don't judge). If you aren't familiar with the show, basically these people get assigned to a real estate agent, tell him or her the budget, the agent picks out three homes for the clients to choose from, they complain excessively, and finally choose a house to buy. So anyways, last night the budget was 1 million (for a vacation home...I mean if you have that much money, good for you). The house they ended up choosing was 1.45 M. Why even have a budget if you're going to go over it by $450,000? Reason? Go big or go home.
- I went for a run this morning, so I decided it would be ok to eat one mini Reese's ball (I don't know what exactly they're called, but it's like those round egg shaped chocolates you get for Easter. Not Reese's eggs, ugh whatever). It was so delicious, I ate another one. I couldn't stop myself. How could I have so little self-control over something so trivial? Reason? Go big or go home.
- I took a nap yesterday around 4:15. I planned for it to last 30 minutes, but I didn't end up getting out of bed until I was called for dinner at 7:30. Why am I so addicted to sleep? I could have been productive and cleaned my room (side note: I let a friend borrow my lifeguarding book, which was buried in my room somewhere. It was slightly embarrassing to have him see all of my crap everywhere, including my dirty laundry strewn down the hallway. If that's not motivation to clean, I'm not sure what is.), but no. A combination of my love of sleep and my mindset of bigger is better dooms me every time I try to take a power nap. Ok maybe not the mindset, but I did go big instead of going home.
- The other day, I needed to buy some sun screen. I could get one for $2.59 or two for $4.00. I only needed one, but of course I got the two. Why? Go big or go home.
- You see them everywhere, those trucks with the enormous wheels. Personally, I think they look quite silly. Why do people think that bigger wheels are better? Maybe they feel more powerful the higher up they are. Maybe they are compensating for something. Maybe they feel as if the air quality at the higher altitude is more suitable for them. The real reason? Go big or go home.
There are plenty more examples of this bigger is better fad. Perhaps one day people will realize the detrimental side effects of "supersize me", but for now, we'll just have to deal with paying too much for overly enormous houses, eating too much chocolate, or napping for excessive amounts of time.
