Impulse

One thing that comes with ageing, for me at least, is a lessening of the urge to make rash decisions. I won’t suggest that I procrastinate, but rather weigh and consider until the time is neigh.

When I was young I was a marketers dream. I recall once driving by a Subaru dealership that was having some sort of an event with food where I pulled in and left with a new car two hours later. I had no intention of buying a new car an hour previous to pulling into that dealership.

I recall back when I was collecting records I’d buy music because I liked the name of the band or performer, or I liked the cover art while having no idea what their stuff sounded like.

Maybe it was because I had an enormous amount of disposable income back then. Now I’m financially less well off, but I’ve also been there, done that and the T-shirt has been used as a shop rag for years. Still the urge strikes me from time to time. My eldest step-son visited us this week. He was showing off his new Droid. It’s a very cool open source phone that has free apps and it runs WiFi and it’s just really cool. Immediately after he left I checked them out on-line, but I didn’t buy one.

I have become one of those people that can go into Costco and leave without spending more than $25. I do it all the time. It makes me wonder just how much money I wasted on impulse in my lifetime.