There will always be carrots—things we have to endure, finish, fix, pay for, or simply get through. The good stuff is a little less guaranteed. So I’ve never understood the virtue in saving it until I’m too full, too tired, too busy, or too late to enjoy it properly.

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” It’s one of those lines that has been repeated so often that it’s easy to stop hearing what it actually means. We tend to picture progress as something orderly: choose a direction, put one foot in front of the other, and eventually arrive somewhere better. Real life rarely […]