This morning I went shopping. In Georgetown. Because it’s possible to shop on Sundays, here in the US.
I don’t like clothes shopping. The whole concept of shopping, it seems, it build for people who don’t know what they want yet. For people who love to browse and get inspired. Why I think this is the case? Because if this wouldn’t be the case, all the longshirts would be together. And then all the bags. And then all t-shirts. And then all the blazers. BUT THEY ARE NOT, you have everything mixed together in this weird “people who were buying X also were interested in Y” manner.
That’s what I thought, until I thought again. Because this distinction between “people who like to browse” and “people who know what they want” can’t be made. It’s not binary, it’s a scale. Because these “people who like to browse” know, what they want, too: They want clothes. They would get confused if you would show them gold fishes for sale. And the “people who know what they want” also want to browse - just in a very tiny space of possibilities.
Well, that doesn’t make me like shopping more. I like the grocery way of shopping: Ordered and sorted. I want to have my one row of olive oils and I want to know that these are all the olive oils in this gigantic supermarket I can choose from. It gives me an overview of my option. And do I like overviews? Yes, I do like overviews.
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Input? 3
Output? 2
Learnings?
Shops in the US open on Sundays, but often they don’t open before 12.
Trump talks on a 4th-grade-level. Which is actually extremely inclusive.
People have the tendency to think that you support an extremist side if you a) criticize how people talk about that extremist side or b) mention something positive about that extremist side. If you’re not against them, you’re with them.
I like when people explain me movies, because everything gets more interesting - I’d even say: DEEPER - when you know the background story. Everything grows closer to you when you now its story. Think of city sightseeing tours and how you see the city afterwards. Think of your closest friends and how you see them now vs. how you saw them the first time you met. Think of a Van Gogh painting and how better it gets because you know the artist cut of his ear. Think about a artist friend and how much you like her work because you know her. (Maybe also think of Data Art and how it PROMISES to have a background story…but that’s another story.)
Questions?
It seems like I’m at home most of the nights. I’m so not used to that. So how should I spend my nights? Which routine should I build? What should I eat, now that I’m not eating out every single night anymore?