welp, there goes $42.37
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Okay so here’s the deal:
I wasn’t feeling too hot on Tuesday. So I went and got a covid test Wednesday.
The results?
Well, they’re not in yet.
So I’m stuck in this weird limbo where I think most of what I’ve been experiencing is allergies + a normal cold…
But there’s also a chance I’m a walking, talking virus.
This morning, I was thinking about what I could do tonight — because while I’m hoping to get results before then, I’m not gonna plan my day around wishful thinking.
I decided that I’d get SUPER WILD and make tacos with some pulled pork I have in the fridge. Sounds great, right?
Well, one problem:
Ya boi ain’t got no tortillas.
* enter a brilliant idea *
“I wonder if I can order tortillas on Amazon?”
So I went to Amazon and searched for “corn tortillas.”
Turns out — you CAN order tortillas on Amazon. AND you can get them delivered the SAME DAY!
Problem is:
You don’t get free delivery until you spend $35+.
So I started to think about the other things I’d like to have with my tacos tonight…
Some verde sauce…
Chips & salsa…
And some cereal (for dessert — maybe a bit weird, but it rules).
That still didn’t get me up to $35, so I added ground beef and some veggies. (Yes, ordering ground beef on the internet DOES feel as weird as it sounds.)
And here we are $42 later and I have an order of groceries arriving between 4 and 6PM tonight.
It might seem random that I’m telling you about my grocery shopping habits. And it is…
But it also illustrates an important point:
We often think of buying decisions as ONE SINGLE decision. But that’s not really the case.
See, every item I added to my cart was its own decision — its own little experiment to see if I could hit that $35 number to get free shipping.
And even once I did, I still hadn’t fully committed to placing the order.
I was going to wait until I got to the checkout page, where I could review the entire order, and THEN make my final decision.
Well, I decided. And I’m having tacos for dinner tonight.
Bottom line:
The buying “decision” is often a series of smaller decisions — taking one single step forward until, before you know it, you’ve already crossed the street.
Just something to keep in mind.
Robert
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