Purani Jeans series - Choice

A friend and I were reminiscing... The usual 'purani-jeans' talk of how things were so different in college - poorer, yet happier. And he mentioned how they used look at fancy restaurants (or the newly launched Pizza Hut) and say 'When I get a job, I'm going to have a lunch here!'. And another place which got the response of 'They require formal shoes!!! How will we ever go there?'.

Now, he wears leather shoes to work everyday, and hates them. I've never known him to go to a place that required shoes, he's vetoed them every time they've come up. Sometimes he's traveled for an hour, just to get back home to change in to comfy shoes and then go out to eat.

When I was in college, I'd made a list of the things I would buy when I got that wonderful job. I don't remember the whole list, but I do know it included an Ipod, a Sony Vaio and a Scorpio. I have none of these things and now think buying any of them now would be a waste of money.

The fact that I could possibly afford them, but don't want them, has made all the difference... That's what choice does - it doesn't necessarily change your life, it just lets you decide that this is way you want things to be. And it's amazing how much happier you can be in the same circumstances, just knowing that you chose them.