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Heh.  Loving this.

Article in the Atlantic from October 22, 2021, says (and I’m quoting here):  “Stop Shopping.”

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Heh.  GOD is good all the time, and He’s right even more often than that.

At present, the supply chain snafus continue, and at this point it all feels a little manipulated … like, more going on behind/beneath the scenes than just the inability to get stuff off ships to trucks to stores. 

But hey.  Is what is.

The article goes on: 

A lot of people buy things for the sake of it, stuff they don’t need or even particularly want and
in many cases won’t use, as a salve for boredom or anxiety or insecurity.

Wat the ever-luvin fuh … Didn’t the Lord tell me that?  Direct line into my mind …

This article refers to a smart numbers guy from Knox College (where? what?  Not Haaavaaad?) Tim Kasser who apparently has spent much of his life (despite not going to Haaavaaad) studying — for lack of a better concept — shopping, and how materialism has evolved into personal identity. 

So glad not in that —wait did just pay $750 for some Tom Ford frames but I have to seeee … so justified! — and actually asking the 7Qs before spending any money … and, to the credit, those frames kept me up nights so obviously they’re supposed to be mine digress

Kasser/article:

The structure of American consumerism ensures that buying more of whatever sounds good
in the moment is the primary way most people are able to cope with uncertainty. 
“The logic of the system requires people to come to believe that what’s important in life is
to make a lot of money and to buy a lot of stuff” (and once that cycle revs up) “it’s very difficult
to change your beliefs.”

And I particularly, specifically, especially love this:

— America’s central organizing principle is thoughtless consumption —

Well, considering meself changed over here. 

What’s the rule? 

Stop spending. 

If must spend, spend smart. 

To smartly spend, remember to ask those 7Qs before spending ever-so-smartly:
              who (spending for)
              what (spending on)
              where (spending at)
              why (spending this)
              when (spending /date&time)
              which (spending kind / now money or future funds)
              how (spending that / rustle&clink, plastic-fantastic)

Say it with me now … GOD is awesome. 

And if you (Other Person You) are not quite there yet, at least give it some thought.  ‘Cuz HE is. 
{Proverbs 21:30}