Boys hold on to your plastics and pray hard at the end of the month, when your billing statement comes, that your girlfriends, spouses and partner didn’t spend as much eh.
Well its the time of the year where it’s the GSS or the Great Singapore Sale, which spans between 29 May to 26 July 2009.
Official Site: www.greatsingaporesale.com.sg
In fact I myself am eying a few items this coming GSS. All gadgets of course, and maybe some apparels. During this period with great offers and promotions, I must not buy on impulse of course.
I’m proud to say I’ve lived ‘frugally’ these few years, buying only things that I need. The question comes to mind, “Why more is less”.
Well the above statement is the very same Barry Schwartz’s thesis of “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less” which I researched for one of my projects when I was still schooling.
With today’s infinite variety, and with the GSS on-going, trust me there will be plenty to choose from, consumers are spoiled for choice.
Basically Barry Schwartz study found out that when offered less choice, we seem to be more satisfied. It’s a form of power, where too much choice can adversely affect our happiness.
By now, you would probably be wondering what the hell Uncle Sha is mumbling about. For god sake it’s just a sale right, haha. Yes yes, my point is, do you actually need that item you’ve eying.
I know some of you who will not be happy unless you’ve obtained or purchased the best. But at what cost. This idealogical need can be expensive if you’re not careful.
The bottomline: Happiness is a state of mind … get it?
I absolutely agree! For me, a colleague gave me this advise…spend as if there always a tommorrow, learn as if there is no tommorrow…
“Basically Barry Schwartz study found out that when offered less choice, we seem to be more satisfied. It’s a form of power, where too much choice can adversely affect our happiness.”
This part I agree, especially when I went to John Little sale yesterday…see so many stuff want to buy…those nice discounted shoes, dryfit Tshirt, short, jeans, toiletries, snack…in the end, feeling fustrated on dunno what to buy; I just bought a shampoo which current bottle gg to finish soon….one thought that made me not to be impulsive is to really ask myself do I need it
Hi bro … yes me too.
That’s why I prefer shopping online. Maybe you can try this.
I buy stuff based on good ratings by users, so I know its value for money and I won’t be duped.