Cost of ownership

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What is your favorite store? Mine is Home Goods. They have such cute things to make your cozy, neat nook. All these pretty boxes, labels, pillows… I can immediately imagine them in my house. I also imagine that my place starts to look like a design magazine; I already mentally turn the pages…

But then I come back to reality. I have only one medium-sized apartment, and it has just a limited number of walls and “nooks”. I cannot have all these fantastic design ideas implemented.

This thought helps. But what I found more appealing is the concept of Cost of Ownership. Think about it: as soon as you buy a thing, you take responsibility for taking care of it. The responsibility can be small (wipe out dust from a figure) or extensive (purchase insurance for your car), but still, you have it.

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