Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Early Bird Specials, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday. Sale, sale, sale. The top ten best deals. The must have top twenty five. Hurry before stock runs out. Deal, deal, deal. The countdown until Christmas. But wait, that’s not all…order now and get ‘this’ FREE!

I am exhausted just writing it down. Don’t blame it on the media or on retail. They wouldn’t be using these gimmicks if they didn’t work! It works because we buy into it (pun intended). We get harried and hurried. Excited about a deal…they said it was a deal, right? More, more, more. Bigger, better, brighter. Bring-it-on. They catch us every year…hook, line and sinker.

Are you on the hook?

There is not a right or wrong here…just an invitation to observe yourself as you navigate another holiday season in the world of retail. Be honest with yourself. Are you satisfied with…you? Are you making conscious choices, the best choices for you?

Here is a reminder…Matthew 6:19-21  from The Message Bible.

Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or worse, stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.

Check in with yourself. Where is it that you most want to be?

Much love
Paula