Want

Over the course of my life I've wanted some things, haven't we all?

Being born into a family that often barely had enough to make ends meet meant most of my childhood wants went unrequited but that's ok, I learned the value of the things I had and how to care for and make them last. I also developed a solid work ethic and the ability to clearly define what I wanted and how to get to it whether that was a material thing, promotion, knowledge or other such things, and from a young age I focused on gaining the skills and attributes that helped me move closer to those things, or simply an ideal life in general.

Wanting things never went away though and over the years I was fortunate I worked hard happy to work hard to gain some of those things like the ability to travel the world, have the material possessions and solid relationships and the knowledge and understanding I wanted for myself; I applied ownership, discipline and responsibility together with other attributes and little by little things began to take shape; there's things I wanted though, still want, that I'll never have even if I have the money for them...and the images in this post show one such thing.

I've always tended towards applying ownership as those who read my posts regularly will probably have seen me write before, and sometimes that means I have to hold off my wants in preference of my needs.

I guess it comes back to ownership, discipline and responsibility.

"Can I afford that thing? Yep, I can."

That's always the initial question.

"How will it impact my life positively or negatively, what will it mean to me, how important is it to me and does it make sense to have that 'want item' in preference to a 'need item' right now?"

I ask myself that next and ownership, discipline and responsibility take care of the answers and subsequent actions.

This doesn't mean I've not invested in 'want items', I certainly have. I say, 'invested', although many have not been investments at all, just things I spent (and lost) money on and cars and motorcycles feature prominently on that (long) list of things. I enjoyed them though, oh man did I enjoy them...and still do.

This car you see pictured is something I've wanted for a long time, much of my life really.

Sometimes I think I should have made it happen but usually I just like it sitting there in my mind just out of reach as something I'll never have, but desire so desperately. I'd never be able to, or want to, justify the million-plus dollars this vehicle would cost me - I'd rather spend that money travelling the world until I drop dead anyway - but having it in mind as something I have always wanted keeps me grounded and motivated at the same time. Grounded because I apply common sense in respect of it and motivated because in denying myself this and other want items I have in mind helps me justify those I eventually end up acquiring.

Is there something you have always wanted that you decided not to pursue and if so why? How do you feel about the things you would like but cannot have and has that affected you throughout your life? Feel free to comment about this, the need over want ethos, consumerism, this sexy vehicle or anything else you feel inclined to comment on...but only do that if you want to, there's no obligation.

Oh also, there's millions of bonus points if you can identify the make, model and year of this vehicle.