my boyfriend and I kept this grocery list that we found dropped at a store once, don’t know who it belongs to but we always come back to it for a good laugh. fun to think about what kind of person was buying these things, slightly voyeuristic into their shopping habits
My girlfriend collects little guys and I collect dvds. they both bring us a lot of joy. finding a thing you like and then getting of a lot of that unlocks monkey brain joy, worth trying.
I’m a fairly methodical, budget conscious man with peculiar tastes. I find exactly what I would like to own via online shops like MoMA, SFMoMA, Alessi, Design Within Reach. Then, I set eBay alerts with price thresholds determined via scraping sold items, averaging, subtracting 25%. When a golden goose pops up, I am alerted and I can decide whether or not to buy it. If you gotta own things (I gotta), you might as well own things that make you smile. Bonus pro tip is to use google lens to find products in movies or when you’re out and about. That’s how I found this beautiful banana banana holder.
One of the greatest obsession of my life: finding strange (natural or artificial) objects. Any country I’ve been to, any landscape will have a different assortment- flavour- vibe to the collection they offer. Bonus points if you bring them home and amass a huge collection that spreads your surfaces like a new virus. Let nature and human trash take over. Make your therapist worried about the state of your mental health. Turn your apartment into the miniature random exhibit you’ve always dreamt of.
