I'm walking through the grocery store and I hear "dad, you gotta use your brain here."
I tried to stifle my double-take but I'm not sure how good I did. Off to my right, a guy and his teenaged son are standing in front of a freezer door by the ice cream. They're looking at an array of Ben & Jerry's flavors, clearly trying to come to some kind of consensus together.
The son sounds matter of fact. Whichever flavor his dad picked was apparently more expensive... and, with that, the son seemed to think he'd won.
I kept walking, shaking my head with a grin.
They're gonna get both.
Dad's buying; no way he gives up that easy.
A few minutes later I see them at self-checkout and, wouldn't ya know it, two pints of Ben & Jerry's were stacked in the bagging area next to them.
Hell yeah.
Good job guys.
I'm still trying to stifle a laugh, but now it's because I'm picturing a very obscure reference to a commercial from 2009 where a girl choosing between hard and soft Old El Paso tacos says "Por qué no los dos?"
Why not both, indeed.
For whatever reason, that phrase stuck with my friends and I, so it comes up a lot. But, as I'm walking out of the store, I'm thinking about how something as simple as getting both flavors of ice cream when you can't decide just... makes sense. Why not, you know? Go for it. And as I'm on a mission to inject more joy into my life, I went back in and snagged a sweet treat of my own.
Joy is on the menu for me in May.
Since I've been trying to be better about sharing the process instead of just the product, here's my latest 3x3.
1. Monthly updates:
2. Primary focus areas:
3. What I’m currently reading:
What does your 3x3 look like?
onward.
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