5 Items I Can’t Live Without (And 5 That Should Be Illegal)

Because the light coexists with the dark

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I’ve been missing in action for a few days. I said I was running on 45% energy and happiness in my last article; I’m now at 60% and climbing.

Eric Pierce started this challenge based on those popular “10 Things I Can’t Live Without” videos on YouTube which feature celebrities extolling luxury items that the average Joe can most definitely live without. Aimée Gramblin tagged me to write about mine. Apologies if I’m jumping into this challenge 100 years after it was cool. Usually my style with everything, including music and movies. It’d be a break in character if I jumped on it right away.

I couldn’t come up with a definitive list of ten essential things, so I opted to write about five items, without which I’d probably self-combust. And five that I wish would sink into a hole and drown and die. I mean, they’re inanimate objects, so, at the very least, I wish someone would declare them illegal.

5 Items I Can’t Live Without

1. My $20 Running Shoes

I don’t run. Running might be the reason I have such terrible knees. I do a lot of walking and low-impact home workouts, though. My favourite pair of running shoes cost me $20…