What is the definition of luxury? A quick Google research, and as a mix of 3 sources, it tells me, describes luxury as:
Luxury means great comfort, ease, and rich surroundings provided by expensive and beautiful things. It also describes any pleasant extra thing that gives you deep pleasure or joy, but is not something you truly need to survive. Source
What if you need some luxury to survive? What if that luxury is a getaway weekend, a stay with a pool, the sound of the river when you sit with your coffee.
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These don’t have to be expensive; some of these are free, actually. But why do we — the ones that live and work in the city, sitting at a desk for the majority of our days—consider it a luxury? I know that more and more I want (and need) this “luxury” to have a better week.
The other day, something showed up on my social media (yes, it was Instagram), that said “3 days in forest, immune boost for a week”. And I feel it. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and tired of the job; but coming back, even with all the bike and gear wash duty, the days after are easier.
That is my needed luxury right now. And bike rides and getaways every other weekend: Comfortable? Not always. Easy? Almost never. With rich surroundings provided by expensive and beautiful things? Beautiful, yes; Expensive, never. Does it give me deep pleasure or joy? Absolutely.
See you on the road.
