Episode 359 : Kindling an obsession

I do not remember the first time I saw it, but I do remember thinking that it was a waste of money.

Later I heard that people bought it and liked it. Good for them, I thought. Soon, I also saw some people use it.

It did not seem like a big deal at all. They used what they bought, while I used what I had brought. It seemed that the world was divided into the haves and have nots, each believing that the other had the short end of the stick.

Many years passed. The world went on its way, and I on mine.

The year 2014 had come an end, and with my tradition of gifting myself with something at the beginning of the year, I started looking. I chanced upon a case for the mobile phone which seemed to be a practical and sensible solution- my phone needed one because the old one was coming apart.

And then, I came across the new edition of that thing. It had reappeared in its latest avatar, with an affordable price tag. I reflected whether I needed it. Surely, I did not!

But wouldn't it be nice to have one?

Why would I ever need one? I like what I already have.

And that settled it, I told myself. I ordered the mobile case from the shopping portal.

And while I waited to receive it, I blogged about how I do not need it, and in the process, scuttled the possibility of receiving it as a birthday gift from Anna.

But that thing stayed in my thoughts. I could not shake it off, even when I told myself I had already purchased my gift for this year. An inner voice spoke, 'But the case is not electronic, and that is what you want- a gadget!'

Four days later, after realising that I could not put it off any longer, I tried to find out why someone should not buy a Kindle.

Instead, I found reasons to buy.