The three stages of toy
Which one are you?
If you had a happy childhood like I did, the sight of a toy – almost any toy – can send you into a pleasant daydream.
As children, we could turn almost anything into a toy: a rubber band, a block of wood, a leftover cardboard box. As adults, however, we're expected to turn off this playful approach to objects and settle into a mature, purposeful approach to the things around us.