One of the forgotten arts of shopping and consumerism is opening up a magazine or a catalog, flipping through the pages and circling the items you're interested in with a fat-tipped permanent marker.

Finding things you wanted was a chase. You'd slowly flip through the pages as you encroached on a section of items you knew you had an interest in, scan and dog-ear the pages you wanted to come back to. It was intentional, not force-fed to you like modern-day targeted ads you can't seem to avoid.

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Sometimes the online ads land, and you find something you like. For example, I recently purchased an 11-in-one computer stand that has all sorts of outlets for my devices and accessories. 

But circling an item that you wanted on those crappy, thin catalog pages and ordering it just felt so much more real. Nowadays, the gap between wanting and having is nonexistent if you wish it to be, along with the anticipation that makes getting new things feel extra meaningful. 

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