So
I take it majority of you saw the elusive 15th day of the month fly
by this week and with this, the plethora of sales on at the moment… I know I
did and once again and this date that presents itself as….‘monthly financial
planning with the best intentions’… The intention is there, so that’s what
counts right?.....Wrong!
People
don’t win gold medals because they had the ‘best intentions’ to train harder,
they win because they follow through with their plan, regime and DO train
harder but I’m not about to get ready for Rio in 2016 so I say, ‘intentions
away’!
So hear lies the justifiable reason to why we perform such acts in a state of weakness online wikepedia (June 2012) quotes temptation as.....
"...the
desire to perform an action that one may enjoy immediately or in the short term
but will probably later regret for various reasons: legal, social,
psychological (including feeling guilt), health-related, economic, etc. In the
context of religion, temptation is the inclination to sin. Temptation also
describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by
manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire or fear of loss"
So
on a recent shopping expedition I used this methodology, this theory, this way
of life, and realised its not my FAULT but I HAD to test my resistance to my
“monthly plan” once again and here’s how I was to test it…..Enter the shop just
to have a quick peep to see what I was missing out on. I would then politely
smile and leave the shop and walk away feeling amazing that I had made NO
purchases whatsoever. I would self profess my inner strength, give myself a
high 5 and positively leave the complex purely with the items that I went there
for (which by the way were a dog collar and a voucher birthday present)...
anyway, I'd then drive out of the "chaddy" carpark, not make one
single profanity whilst driving against "bumper to bumper" cars,
kids, couples with hands in each others back pockets and the chaddy
"locals" that just hang there doing a hell of amount of nothing. I
would then come home and think, "wow, I'm really a good person and SO
strong, resistant and pure to my temptations"...... Umm… HELL NO, for
those who haven’t picked up the hint of sarcasm, it should be on high beam
now.....of course I wont be going in to just have a look... as soon as I "walk
the line" per say, I was leaving that shop with a bag that had a big fat
red "SALE" on the side of it filled with goodies therefore turning my
monthly financial plan to JUNK! I would drive away annoyed at all of the above and probably verbalise that profanity from the safety of my locked car if the situation presents itself as I'd be jacked at myself for ONCE AGAIN for giving in to the temptation!
Hear lies RULE of FLY - ‘Monthly Financial Assistance Plan
whilst Sales On’;
1 - Don’t walk the line….straight up and simple, walk past it, DO
NOT even look at it.... its the devil and you how it ended for "mrs and
mrs eve"....(ok its hard and here I am professing that I can do it but
guess what, I cant at times too so lets not crack the whip on ourselves when
were all a "sucker to the sale" on occasions, lets just try).
2 - Keep credit card at home then have a think, "do I need
those items” and pop back tomorrow if you NEED them…
3 - take your boyfriend, girlfriend, sibling whoever that doesn’t
like shopping to stop you (please note, someone that has a rubber arm to a sale
is unacceptable, please leave them in the "paris end" of chadstone if
they must join the trip)
4 – Organise dinner, lunch, brunch with friends, keep busy and
away from shops! Remember this is “priceless” and should be prioritised over
“unintentional items at the sales”. There is always money for veuve and good
times
5 – Don’t leave the house, ever…. BEST prevention but SO
not fun and may turn one into a recluse so please try options 1 - 4 first
before attempting option 5
all that is said and done.... sales sometimes happen so PALEASE.... before all that good stock goes, have a peep in country road to pick up a bargain to gain maximum reductions in good quality brand/product. Save the dollars you save for the full price product for the "special items" to mix-match with your fly outfit when it counts OR spend it on time with friends... kitchenware is not a "special fly moment in fashion" but a nice to have when they are half price.....Thankyou CR!
Hope this homeware "unintentional fly by" helps.... I
have officially failed on fly by so far this month…. It happens!
AFJ xxx
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