Darn near anything.
I am an emotional shopper. I did not know this before--though that does explain the insane amounts of yarn I have tucked away and the bookshelf of cookbooks....... I had a bad morning at work--relating to an incompetent coworker who expects everyone else to clean up his mistakes and then whines when none of us will allow him to work on our projects--and I was experiencing just a teensy bit of anger. My dearest wish would have been to fire him on the spot (or throttle him), but as I don't actually have that authority (or don't want to go to jail), my next strongest impulse was to buy something. Anything.
???????????????????????
Is that really how I react to serious frustration? And if I do, what do frustration and buying have to do with one another (besides the mall anytime during the holiday season)?
So under normal circumstances, I would have spent $25-$40 to "cheer myself up." And yet the same inept coworker will still be there tomorrow, and maybe the day after. (Wouldn't take bets on his long-term outlook at the company as I am not the only coworker angry with him--I'm just the most angry today.) So in normal circumstances, I would still be angry AND out forty bucks.
Ouch!
2 comments:
Have you ever heard of retail therapy? Apparently (I haven't actually seen any articles to support this, but I haven't looked yet), the act of spending money releases endorphins, thus making you feel better.
I tend to get stressed late at night, which is far less convenient than it would appear. Most of the yarn I want is more easily available via the internet anyway...
What a great insight...of course, it still doesn't change Co-worker of Doom, but knowledge is power, and all that.
Props to you, and cheers, to keep you on mission :)
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