Today, I'll be talking about a very common question, and applying it in a variety of situations.
Firstly, in terms of food- I'm definitely a fan of quality here. It's true I like quantity- I do eat quite a bit- but for the most part, that's because of the availability of food. Living at home, with fresh, homemade meals, I tend to eat 3-4 meals per day. At university, where food was limited to either Subway, hamburgers or whatever happened to be at the cafeteria that day, I would eat 2, or maybe 3 on a good day. It wasn't so much an issue of having no money either- there was a mandatory meal plan, and I still had almost a thousand dollars to spend in the last month I was there (of which I didn't spend much). The problem was, there was no food available. Subway was only open on weekdays, from 9-5. Apart from that, the only food you could get before noon was lunch food (bacon, eggs and pancakes- not things I'm a fan of). That means on weekends, there was nothing to eat until at least 12:00, if not later. I could have found something if I was desperate, but I prefer having good food to having a lot.
With desserts, I'm a bit less clear on the matter. On the one hand, I do have very strong opinions on the quality of different brands of, say, ice cream or chocolate. On the other hand, if someone offers even really cheap, low-quality stuff, it's hard to say no. I mentioned before that I went on a low sugar diet, and that went very smoothly. I think the reason there is that I accepted that I wouldn't have any (processed) sugar, so that means no temptation. At university though, I never had a strict rule like that. All I had was something like "try to resist buying dessert for the week", which is harder to follow through with, in my experience. Right now, I'm considering cutting out all sugary foods again, but rather than leaving it at that, creating a sort of budget for how much I'd normally spend, and instead spending that much (or some fraction of that) on higher quality things.
Honestly, the more I write, the more I find myself leaning towards quality in most cases. I'm the same with games- I don't play many games, but I spend a lot of time on those few that I do play. The Binding of Isaac, for instance- I play that game most days, usually for at least an hour. That said, I've only played about 5 individual games in the past week (through Steam, anyways)- 2 of those were because I was invited to play with friends.
Interestingly, my dad seems to have the same philosophy with work. He's told me a couple of times that he'd rather put a lot of time into a few projects, and do them really well, than to do lots of projects quickly and ignore the little flaws. As an employee, this can get a little tedious at times (since I have to be just as thorough as he is), but I can tell it's working for him- his customers will regularly recommend him to their friends or relatives, or in some cases, personally hire him multiple times.
Now I honestly think of it, I'm struggling to think of cases where I prefer quantity over quantity. Even little things, like having well-made YouTube videos vs. long, easily done streams. I'm the same with friends- I'd rather a few close friends to a lot of people I don't know well. I'd like to end this with a case where I do prefer quantity, but honestly... I can't really think of one.
Anyways, that's gonna be it for today- hopefully you enjoyed this post! If you agree with this point of view, or would like to explain your own, feel free to do so in the replies!
