Are you drinking the water or the cup?

My two kids constantly fight over which cup to use for drinking water. They both want the Hello Kitty one. I bought them each a Hello Kitty cup, one white and one pink. Still not enough. They both want the pink one.

What they want is water. But if they don’t like the cup, they’d rather not drink at all.

I told them: it doesn’t matter what cup you use. The water is the same. Don’t skip the water just because you don’t like the cup.

They didn’t listen, of course.

But it made me reflect. What cups am I too obsessed with in my own life?

• Waiting for a fully-equipped gym before exercising
• Waiting for the perfect note-taking app before taking notes
• Waiting for the “right person” to say it before accepting good advice
• Waiting for a beautiful website before writing

What cup are you holding right now, refusing to drink?