[Why you should be using your nicest things, every day!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClAqiBqqtu0) is a video by [[Rajiv Surendra]] wherein he discusses how you should use the nicest things you have each day. ![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClAqiBqqtu0) ## Video Notes - Your nicest things will enrich your life - They'll likely even get better with use or age - The examples: musical instruments, copper pots and pans, things made of wood, leather - Scars from love and use - Broken in clothes will fit you better, you'll feel more comfortable in them and you won't feel awkward in them - [[Sprezzatura]], which refers to being nonchalant about your appearance; wear your nice clothes to normal things and you feel great, and the people around you appreciate it too - Doesn't appear to be in an arrogant way, but in a normal way - Rajiv as a leather bag that he's written the name of every place that it's been in the world along with the year inside it - ![](https://img.cns.io/api/junk-drawer/202605150245-1c2ef058-3dc4-40ba-9e85-458fcc07ee36/Screenshot%202024-08-22%20at%209.08.27%20PM.png) - "this is expensive stuff, why save it?" "if it's something you use often, it's more economical" - He uses silver silverware every day - If someone's made you something to be used, use them!