I was with one of my friends the other day when she suddenly proclaimed that she had RLS. I looked over at her. “Since when did you decide that you have restless leg syndrome?” I inquired. She made a face at me and replied, “Not restless leg syndrome. Restless life syndrome.”

While she was just trying to be witty, I can’t help but feel sometimes that I am simply waiting for my life to begin, that I am happy with how things are but still crave some form of change all the same. It doesn’t have to be anything major; I find joy in things that others find boring and try to see the sunshine.

Something we discussed in economics this semester is why we have so many different brands of the same product, from toothpaste to laundry detergent. More choices lead to higher prices, but consumers are willing to sacrifice because they like variety and preferences are strong. We get the most satisfaction from picking what we like while having the option to change our minds. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll go for Colgate instead of Aquafresh.