I have taken an oath with myself that I will not do any shopping for myself until 26th Dec 2019.
This is not a new year’s resolution, but it has come at a time where my recent hysterical shopping behaviour has led me to put myself in a non-existing naughty corner; no shopping for this whole year . Period. I tried to do this about 6 months ago, only because I went crazy shopping during my holiday trips in the middle of the year. I went cold turkey back then, and it didn’t help at all. In fact, it back fired on me and made me shop even more in the next few months. I got into the habit of seeking some retail therapy when I needed to release some stress or displayed an unhealthy amount of sympathy for myself. I called it treating myself; that is never a good reason to do it. The realisation struck, and i devised another plan. I decided that I was going to shop all I wanted up till boxing day, and that will be my last for a year. If I’m we...