The inner monologue of an impulsive shopper

20 10 10, one day during the National Day holiday, in the streets of Mong Kok, Hong Kong, a skinny China man with black-rimmed glasses and a plastic bag was swinging back and forth at the exit of Mong Kok subway station, having a fierce ideological struggle and making a gesture of five steps and ten steps back. Then, I walked into a Yong Cheng photographic equipment store. Twenty minutes later, I walked out of the store with my camera bag and a big bag of "Yong Cheng photographic equipment", smiled and walked into the subway station and disappeared.

20 1 1 On a Saturday in late June, a man took advantage of overtime to browse an unknown web page, looking focused and anxious. After work, he took a long hair from China to the bus stop of Baicaoyuan and boarded a bus bound for Meilinguan, during which they talked happily from time to time. After getting off at the private market in Sakata, they walked into a Unicom business hall on the bank of Sunshine Bay. About an hour later, they walked out of the business hall in high spirits, returned to Baicaoyuan by bus, and went into Huang for dinner.

20 12 the day before the dragon boat festival, a young man paced back and forth on the phone. After the phone call, he walked into the Far East Department Store with a small bag on his back. A few hours later, he walked out of the building with a big bag and a small bag. He looks strange, happy and depressed. Then I went into a cake shop, bought some bread and got on the bus to the financial city.

201365438+1On a Sunday in late October, a man was wearing a dark gray down vest, carrying a small bag and repeatedly trying the machine in the Shundian computer area in the central city, talking to the clerk from time to time, with a dignified expression. After a phone call, I quickly walked into the store. After 30 minutes, I walked out of the store with a square white box in my hand, happy and distressed, and looked dignified.

I am a typical impulsive shopper, with 80% probability of choosing what I want to buy rationally, 20% probability of having impulsive shopping desires and symptoms, and 50% probability of having impulsive shopping results.

It is said that shopping will make people happy physically and mentally, but I can hardly say that I will be bored and blame myself for spending money, sometimes spending a lot of money. Shopping didn't bring me physical and mental pleasure, but it brought self-blame and entanglement.

Indeed, impulse shoppers can buy some things or not. In other words, they spend money recklessly. Some need to be purchased, but not necessarily. In other words, it can be interpreted as waste.

Of course, there are still 80% things you really want and need reasonably, but the pleasure brought by these 80% things is far less than that brought by 20% things.

20 10 because I like traveling, I want to buy a SLR camera, and I have never paid attention to it. It wasn't until I saw a photo taken by a friend with a SLR camera while traveling that I simply asked him all kinds of information about the camera.

I arrived in Mong Kok, Hong Kong during the National Day holiday and didn't plan to buy a camera. After visiting several digital and camera shops and repeatedly trying the machine, I suddenly want to buy a friend's SLR camera. This SLR is the most cost-effective and simple one among entry-level SLR cameras.

The rational thought in my heart tells me that it is no problem to travel only two or three times a year and take photos with a digital camera. It costs 5,000 yuan to buy this camera, which has never cost so much before. Don't buy it. So, I forced myself to walk towards the subway station, and there was a fierce ideological struggle in my mind along the way.

Impulse party told itself: "SLR cameras are very useful and can be used every trip." The effect of taking pictures is definitely much better than that of digital cameras. Moreover, the camera is non-consumable, which can be used for many years and is worth buying. "

The sensible side told itself: "SLR cameras are dispensable, the frequency of use is not high every year, and photography is three generations worse. SLR will ruin your life."

After a long struggle, the impulsive party finally prevailed, and the result was obvious. I spent five thousand yuan on this camera. Within one year after purchase, the number of camera uses is less than or equal to five times. I once regretted it, but now I think it is still worth buying.

(April, 2022.15) After reading this article, I would like to add that my into the pit SLR started at this time. Now I am in a deeper quagmire, and I plan to start with the Big Three to make up for the Big Three. Hey. )

20 1 1, it takes no more than six hours to buy Unicom iPhone 4 contract machine. I really want to change a good mobile phone, but I have never paid attention to and considered buying an iPhone, because I think the iPhone is a weapon for the rich or pretentious. Until Saturday, when I was working overtime, I accidentally browsed the information of iPhone, which really felt good. So i query bought Unicom's contract machine, and it was not too tangled. Make an appointment with friends after work, and handle the contract machine plan before work in Unicom business hall. After purchase, the mobile phone has been used until now, and I plan to continue to use it for several years before replacing it. The only thing I regret is that you can replace the iPhone with other slightly cheaper phones, and maybe you can achieve the same goal.

(2022.4. 15 After reading this article, I add: I have changed my iphone every two years for many years. From 20 16, I finally changed my iphone to Huawei. )

20 12 buying on impulse during the Dragon Boat Festival is totally impulsive. I don't have any purchase plans. I spent 1000 yuan wandering around because my good friend stood me up. Although the clothes you buy are practical, you don't have to buy them I regret it, and I didn't buy clothes all summer, so I was fined a little.

20 13 years, I was tortured by the computer for a whole year, and finally I couldn't help but want to change to a high-performance computer, which is convenient for me to use when I get off work and travel. I tried all kinds of computers in the shop at least five times this time. Although I want to buy a Mac, I am afraid because of its expensive price.

I talked with several good friends about the idea of buying a computer, and everyone agreed to buy it if necessary.

So I objectively analyzed my actual situation. Last year, the frequency of using computers was very low. I basically don't need a computer after work on weekdays, and it takes less than five hours on weekends, which is dispensable for me. Mobile phones can completely replace computers. As a result, the eager heart was suppressed by rational thinking, and the possibility of ordering this computer online was controlled.

On the weekend night, I unconsciously stepped into the computer area of Shundian, intending to consult the various restrictions of Mac computers, and suddenly found that this computer was on sale at a discount, which was consistent with the price of the online mall. So the repressed impulse concept revived, gained the upper hand and defeated the rational concept.

When I walked out of the store with my computer in my arms, I felt heavy and blamed myself. Because I spent a lot of money on it, I may not be able to make full use of it. I can't help laughing at myself when I recall "I definitely won't buy a computer" when I called my good friend before buying a computer. How funny and ironic.

(April, 2022.15) After reading this article, I would like to add that this computer was later sold as used computers because of its low utilization rate, with a net loss of 1000 yuan. That is, the cost of using this computer in these two months is 1000 yuan. Many years later, I entered these words on the iMAC computer at home, and the computer is still very useful. )

Impulse shopping has cost me at least 20 thousand yuan these years. Do I have to pay for my impulsive shopping again? I have to deeply analyze the deepest reason of impulse shopping psychology, otherwise I can't find an antidote, and I have to pay the price for my impulse constantly.

Judging from the types of things purchased, they are all non-necessities. If a mobile phone is a necessity, then at least the iPhone is not a necessity. People who use these products are people who have the ability to consume in large quantities, and they have high incomes or wealthy families. At the same time, there is another kind of people who will buy these products, that is, people who like to show off or entertain themselves. They may not have high incomes and wealthy families, but they try their best to pursue these products.

My income is not high, and my family is not rich. It is definitely not the former. As for the latter, I dare not fully agree with it, but I dare not completely deny it.

I like to show off. My first reaction after reading these words was "how can I like to show off?" I don't like to show off. " So I believe I definitely like to show off myself in some ways. Even if I don't like being such a person, I try not to be such a person. Can I have the capital or the ability to show off when buying these things? Needless to say, there is definitely no, what do I have to show off? If I have these things, the recognition and praise I get at a certain moment belongs to "showing off", then I am a person who really likes to show off.

I like to enjoy it. It seems that I really enjoy it. I travel more than many people, attend more concerts than many people, and have better mobile phones, cameras and computers than many people. Do I really like to enjoy it? Then why don't I dress better, eat better, live better and play better? To me, enjoyment seems meaningless, although it can be called enjoyment in some ways.

After going round and round, I still can't figure out the reason for my impulsive shopping. However, in my mind, it seems that I have the answer.

I think it's because I got too little when I was a child that I will give myself more when I grow up. However, my education and inherent ideas have restricted me from spending money indiscriminately and buying unimportant things. This leads to the game and struggle between reason and impulse.

However, it is not easy to get rid of the shadow of childhood. I need to make peace with myself. Only in this way can the thoughts and desires of impulse shopping be eradicated. At the same time, a better budget and plan can also effectively help you spend reasonably. Finally, I need more confidence and encouragement. I believe I can do everything I say.

(2022.4. 15) After reading this article, I add: Today, ten years later, I want to tell myself ten years ago that it doesn't matter. You will still be an impulsive shopper in the future, but your desires are getting less and less. Enjoying life is also a lifestyle worthy of encouragement and praise. )