Quality over Quantity.

I've been trying to focus on quality over quantity this year. Quality time, food or goods to name a few. A couple years ago, I had such a hard time saying no to invites because I didn't want to miss a thing. But now, I realize that my time is more important and I shouldn't do something that I don't want to just because I was invited. I also used to be upset about "missing out"on something, and I've realized that it's just fine to miss something. You can't always be there... life goes on. Learning to say no has allowed me to have more quality time for myself and with Adam, it's really nice. I don't know why I didn't do it a long time ago, but I think that's part of growing up.

The other week, my family and I went on a brewery tour to the Harriet Brewery. It was awesome. I highly recommend going if you like beer. They were really friendly and it was inspiring to see so many people following their passion. It's easy to see how happy people are when they really love their job. After the tour, we were going to go out to dinner. I spent a couple days looking at different restaurants in the area and found one that I thought would go over with everyone. My family loves food, but we all like different things and as I discovered very different qualities. I wanted to go to a pub and my brother to a buffet. A buffet that has sushi. Ummm, no. In my opinion, sushi should not be at a buffet. His reasoning was that the price would be cheaper, by $2. Despite my protests, we ended up at the buffet. As I watched my brother pile his plate high with shrimp, I realized that he hasn't experienced quality so he still goes after quantity. I'm not a foodie, more of a food appreciator, but I've eaten some amazing food and less often is more.

I remember as a kid being excited about having a lot of halloween candy. Now, I'm happy with just two pieces of dark chocolate. Is this another part of growing up? Learning to know that quantity doesn't always make it better? If so, I'm ready to turn 30 and the quality I have yet to discover.