The straps that wrap around your wrist or hang from your neck to keep your camera safe. So you don't drop it. I took those off my cameras today. I also took them off my phone. I had these straps on my devices so I wouldn't drop them, extra notice to the fact I have dystonia (which means I shake uncontrollably)
But today I took them off. Actually the phone one I took off a year ago. And the camera ones today. I no longer care if I drop them. I've had them long enough and used them enough that I switched over to caring much more about the ease of use than the safety of my equipment. I've taken enough pictures with the Ricoh to feel I've gotten its value out of it (though I hope to take many more) and I've taken so few pictures with my Canon that I feel like what the heck!
And it symbolizes another type of threshold. One I crossed while on a hike with my wife last week, around a lake, the trail covered with rhododendron roots and requiring me to pick up my walker and hold it at my chest through certain sections! My wife was asking me if I was ok to go on, and I said: I'd rather go forward than back
I would rather go forward than back
Around that lake
In this life
With my cameras