What's something you didn't know you wanted until you got it?

[Reecejackox 407]

a hot tub an a coffee

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I used to think silence was boring as a child because of where I grew up, but now all I want is beautiful silence.

[Envy 6,192]

Maybe not exactly something I "got" at that time, but I learned I liked the saxophone when I put my clarinet mouthpiece in my dad's alto saxophone and played it. It was love at first play. Lol. But that's my dad's saxophone, not mine, and it was kinda broken.

I think the context of before is important: I did not think anything of the instrument before ,in fact I think I even straight-up disliked it. When I expressed interest in trying the clarinet, I remember my parents trying really hard to convince me to play the saxophone instead as we had one (it's broken, though - I didn't know at that time), and I rejected that, saying it must be clarinet. My how the tables have been turned. lol

[TBD 17,256]

This always gets me all the time. I’m not the kind to ask for help at all, let alone admit it that I need help. Due to pride and not wanting to burden anyone with my troubles. But when someone offer me a hand without asking, it shown me that I do need it. I always appreciate people reaching out to me without having me to seek for their help. 

[CocoCody 513]

I never knew that i wanted to feel pain before, not because i enjoy it, not at the slightest, but once i let myself feel all of my hurt it lead to so many other possibility's of feeling and being. Sitting with my feelings has done more to help me then i ever imagined it would. I am becoming less controlled by my suffering by allowing it to register and resolve, sometimes i am not okay at the slightest but now i understand that feeling anything is a beautiful part of living and Unhappiness / Joy is impermanent.

[Pandora 38,077]

the ability to voice chat with people because i was too scared to + i generally couldn't at home with my parents. cx
Didn't think much of it either at the beginning until later!