Gear Optimization Syndrome (GOS)

The difference between GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) and GOS (gear optimization syndrome):

With GAS, you keep acquiring equipment for the sake of it, but with GOS, you’re constantly returning and recycling your equipment to find the perfect 1 thing.

I’m often afflicted by GOS, not GAS. I don’t like having a lot of equipment, but I have a problem with trying to get and discover “perfect”.

My recent optimizations:

  1. RICOH GR IIIX (after my Ricoh GR III died)
  2. iPhone SE (after trying to like the iPhone Pro, but ultimately hating it for the huge weight and bulky/brutal dimensions).

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