Acknowledging Emotions and Feelings

Written by John Sherman


We’ll begin with a question:

What is a moral?

I'd say it's something you have an intense feeling or emotion about, generally so intense you would never cross its boundary.

Agree?

Have you ever crossed a moral boundary? It doesn’t feel good does it. But why? Morals are not a physical thing – i.e. They can't be touched, purchased or photographed. They are an emotion manifested in a feeling; they manifest inrepparttar essence of your soul, which, in turn, isrepparttar 128779 very shape of your identity.

When you cross a moral boundary you go against a very strong emotion your soul has, and in doing this you are defying your own nature and it leaves you feeling terrible.

So, why did you cross that boundary? It's simple -- because you didn’t acknowledgerepparttar 128780 feelings which were of your own nature. Due to a lack of understanding of your own nature perhaps from a pressure imposed on you from your immediate surrounds.

How do I start to feel? It is simple. Start with a thought, not just any thought but an important thought. Try quietly, just for a few seconds observing your immediate feelings from a happening in your life; it can be simple or a life changing thing.

Acknowledge it by resolving that this is how you feel about this, but don’t stop there and close yourself off to it. Try to understand it, as it is a part of you and there for a reason -- your soul may be trying to tell you something

Acknowledging your true feelings is more than just saying “Yes, I feel this way right now”. It's about feelingrepparttar 128781 feeling and applying thought to it, and coming to a decision as to whether to act on it or not. Acknowledge your feelings in this way and it will lead to a relaxed composure not only of your body, but of your thoughts and mind too.

Why bother with any of this? Well, for one, acknowledging your feelings brings you into contact withrepparttar 128782 immortal part of your own nature -- your soul. This is important as it is your soul that guides you and shapesrepparttar 128783 world directly around you.

Because of this, victims will always be victims; unsatisfied individuals will never be content and those who poison their own good days with imaginings and nit picking will never be happy.

10 Inside Tips to Saving Money and Making the Most of Your Retail Shopping Experience

Written by Jona E. Kessans (Simple & Frugal)


In addition to running my regular consulting business, I also work part-time as an Ad Set Supervisor for a national retail store. During this time I have learned many ofrepparttar ins and outs ofrepparttar 128777 retail business and how to getrepparttar 128778 most bang for my buying dollar. If you follow these same ten tips I guarantee that you too will save more money. Following are ten ofrepparttar 128779 best inside tips I’ve learned aboutrepparttar 128780 retail world since becoming part of it.

1.How to Getrepparttar 128781 Best Clearance Price in Stores In most retail stores, clearance is marked down atrepparttar 128782 beginning ofrepparttar 128783 month. And for stores that userepparttar 128784 tiered clearance system, where items fall in price asrepparttar 128785 month progresses, you will find thatrepparttar 128786 best time to getrepparttar 128787 lowest price for a clearance item is towardrepparttar 128788 end ofrepparttar 128789 month.

2.Yellow Tag, Red Tag Clearance Method - Whenrepparttar 128790 Best Price Isn’t Alwaysrepparttar 128791 Final Clearance Price Stores that userepparttar 128792 yellow tag to red tag clearance method also use a tiered system to incrementally mark down items on clearance. Generally, items are placed on clearance atrepparttar 128793 beginning ofrepparttar 128794 month and will be gradually marked down asrepparttar 128795 month progresses. Any remaining yellow-ticketed items are then red ticketed for final clearance atrepparttar 128796 beginning ofrepparttar 128797 following month. Because this system is percentage based, whenrepparttar 128798 yellow-ticketed price drops to its lowest percentage off (usually 50% offrepparttar 128799 yellow-ticketed clearance price) makes thisrepparttar 128800 best item to buy. This way you can save as much as 80% offrepparttar 128801 regular price of an item. However, if you wait untilrepparttar 128802 same item is red-ticketed for final clearance, you will pay a higher price and only receive about 50-60% offrepparttar 128803 regular price. This is a clearance strategy used by many major retailers.

3.Too Early/Too Late For a Great Sale – Not Anymore Most retail stores have an unpublished policy that allows customers to receiverepparttar 128804 sale price for an item either a day before or a day afterrepparttar 128805 begin and end dates of an advertised sale. You just have to ask to receiverepparttar 128806 sale price.

4.Price Adjustment – Too Late, Not Necessarily Most retailers have a published policy allowing customers a specific timeframe to receive price adjustments and an unpublished policy that actually extends this timeframe anywhere from 7 to 14 days. Even if you are outsiderepparttar 128807 official timeframe for a price change, makerepparttar 128808 request, as most stores will honorrepparttar 128809 adjustment based onrepparttar 128810 unpublished policy and because they won’t risk losing a customer.

5.Buy One, Get One Free and Buy One, Get One ½ Off Sales (BOGO) – Great forrepparttar 128811 Retailer, Bad forrepparttar 128812 Customer The national retail store I work at part-time as Ad-Set Supervisor usually has a Buy One, Get One Free, and Buy One, Get One ½ Off Sale, also know as BOGOs, twice every sale cycle (12 weeks). It always amazes me how many people flock torepparttar 128813 store for these sales because inrepparttar 128814 retail industry, these are known to be one ofrepparttar 128815 worst sales for customers. How? By breakingrepparttar 128816 numbers down one can quickly see just what I mean. Let’s say you need a pair of jeans and find that there is a BOGO sale at your favorite store offering you ½ offrepparttar 128817 second purchase. If you paid $20.00 forrepparttar 128818 first pair and $10 forrepparttar 128819 second pair (since it was ½ off) your total purchase amount on two pairs of jeans is $30.00, with an overall savings of $10.00 or 25%. But more than likely, these same jeans usually go on sale for 30 to 40% off during one ofrepparttar 128820 store’s regular sale events. That means if you had purchased these same jeans during a regular 30% off sale you would have paid $14.00 per pair or $28 for two pairs a savings of $12.00, or 30% off saving you an additional $2.00 thanrepparttar 128821 BOGO Sale. At 40% off you would have paid $12.00 per pair or $24.00 for two pairs, or 40% off saving you an additional $6.00 thanrepparttar 128822 BOGO Sale.

Buy One, Get One Free Sales are only good if you plan on purchasing two ofrepparttar 128823 same items anyway. Otherwise, they force customers to purchase more than they had planned causing them to bring home two items they only wanted one of inrepparttar 128824 first place. A way around this dilemma is to shop with a friend or relative who intends to purchaserepparttar 128825 same type of item that you are going to purchase. Stores love these sales because it is a way of getting customers to spend more money, reduce store inventory quicker, and increase sales figures.

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