Yesterday I did my first big superfluous purchase since the COVID lockdowns began. That is, if we are not counting paying just under $1,500 a month to keep a Porsche GT3 I can’t drive on most days as a superfluous purchase. Not until I eventually buy a house (god willing) would I pay so much a month for a stationary object. My advice? Don’t be a car enthusiast; don’t have passion for material things at all: it will be a massive drain to your wallet.
But that would be quite a dull life, wouldn’t it?
Anyways, I’ve been doing well to not spend extraneously since the coronavirus situation began, in preparation for a hugely uncertain future. What broke the streak was a deal on Staples for the AirPods Pro: $50 dollars off, bring the price down to a slightly more palatable $200 dollars. While I wouldn’t say I’ve been pining for a pair of these earphones - I have a set of the original AirPods and they remain quite magical and lovely - the AirPods Pro have always been something of a nice-to-have. The standard AirPods are rather useless in crowds and areas with a lot of noise, and the Pro version supposedly solves that problem splendidly, offering a deeper in-ear seat and active noise cancellation.
I’m looking forward to going on a run with AirPods Pro; no longer would I have to crank the volume to an uncomfortable level simply to drown out the outside noise.
After informing them of this purchase, my friends asked what am I going to do with my basic set of AirPods. The answer is simple: continue using them. They remain great for quiet settings such as my room, and brilliant to use for Zoom meetings. AirPods feels so much more natural than the cumbersome and unsightly headsets that people tend to use with virtual meetings. The only gripe is that the battery drains super quickly when performing both talk and listening at the same time.
I can’t wait for the AirPods Pro to arrive next week; I’d almost forgotten what a joy it is indeed to spend disposable income on nice things.
Talk this way.