1/14/25-Expiration Dates

Have you ever gone to the store and went to buy milk or eggs?  The first thing you have to do is to check the expiration date and make sure you are going to get the through item before the date comes up.  You need to make sure you are getting your value out of the milk before it goes bad and you have to throw it away.

What I am learning now is that people have expiration dates as well.  And when you see yours approaching a decision has to be made on whether things we do or purchase are really worth it, just like that expiring milk.

I don't really know when my expiration date is, but I know its out there.  It may be 6 months from now or a year, maybe even two.  All we can say for sure is that its out there.

So everything I do has to be weighed against its value for the next year or so.

I have a dentist appointment next week to get some work done.  Is it worth it to spend a couple of hundred dollars for teeth that need to last a year or so?  I look in my Amazon shopping cart and I always need to decide if I'll be able to get the enjoyment out of anything if I only have it for a year.

What I choose to eat even has a time value to it.  I shouldn't eat unhealthy food, but if I only have a year left maybe I should just eat what I want.  Of should I try to eat healthier and maybe extend that expiration date out some.

Time considerations even comes in to effect when thinking about medical issues.  Chemo sucks, but it keeps the expiration date out further.  So is it worth it?

Right now its important to keep that expiration date out as far as I can.  And in for my mental heath and attitude I need to think that I'm going to be around for a while.  So I will get the dentist work.  I will do what I can to continue what ever I need to do that seems to be working against the cancer, whether that's chemo or a healthier diet.

My expiration date is coming up, but its not here yet.   I am not ready to be that stinky carton of milk that needs to be dumped down the drain.  Not yet.