You ever think about how much time you waste every single day simply because you’re a consumer?
Email time sink — on the clock?
I get bajillions — and I mean BAJILLIONS — of email messages every day. Unsolicited commercial email (“UCE” or “spam”) must be opened and scanned because it MIGHT be important. Most subjects on these types of email messages are incredibly good at making one think it actually might be business related!
These emails are on TOP OF all the ones from every company you’ve ever purchased from in the past. This year, it seems that the buzzword is “exclusive.” You want to be exclusive with all the other people, don’t you?
USPS – another way to sell me something?
Even our federal mail system is cashing in and not just by charging postage. If you use their service that scans incoming mail and packages to send an email of what you can expect to be delivered, you’re served up a big ad (purchased, of course by the seller) at the very top. You can’t miss it. Click it and the ad’s sponsor has your details delivered to them.
Digital devices want your money too!
When I put an event on the calendar this morning via Alexa — work related — she let me know she has some deals that might interest me from amazing brands. “Do you want to hear them?” she asks me. NO. I do not.
And those apps… they want their fair share even though you’ve already purchased them!
I love Mailbird for email. I paid my yearly cost of using the business version on 10/17/22. Still… I get a pop-up every time I open the program, AND they keep a nag on my already-paid-for application used for work. You can’t get if off BTW… no way to dismiss it or opt out of it.
NOT COOL, MAILBIRD!
Reach buyers where they are.
I know you have to reach buyers where they spend their time to make them aware of what you’re selling. As long as we’re all spending time online, none of this is going to change.
What we may not even think about is the cost that brand’s marketing endeavors have on all businesses in general.
If you check email while on the clock, use applications for work, have digital devices, and even if you use USPS — it’s costing more than just the brand’s marketing campaign expenses. It’s also costing YOUR employer (YOU if self-employed) time. And… we all know that time is money.
Since it’s Cyber Monday, I have a slightly used wreath that I’d like to offer for sale. You can be the exclusive owner! Just send $199.99 via Venmo and I’ll ship it to you by January 15th. 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans. As a result, we know more about the surface of Mars than Earth.
Looking to see a photo of the blood moon taken from the Ville?
Good luck with that!
This girl slept right through it. I had good intentions but late night challenges changed my mind about getting up early. I have zero regrets.
Not only did I not get to see or photograph the blood moon, but also didn’t win the Powerball. It’s a good thing I have dogs…
VOTE!
Today is election day and people from both the Republican and Democrat parties are out in full force on Facebook. (Hopefully, they’re also representing at the polls.) I don’t know how many FB shares I’ve seen about Trump planning a big announcement… knowing it’s likely that he’ll put on the record his intent to run in 2024. I wish he wouldn’t do that.
If I had to choose between Biden and Trump, I’d take ole’ Don hands down. Having said that, I’d rather he support DeSantis for the GOP nomination instead. I mean… here I am, still in my early 60’s and ready to wind down the career. To run the United States of America, we have a potential battle upcoming that is comprised of a dude that will be 86 at the end of the term if elected (Biden), and another that would be 82 (Trump).
My biggest fear is that Michelle Obama will come out of left field and run.
She might just win and I have NEVER liked her.
Does this bathtub make my butt look fat?
The onlooker thinks the dog that loves water is crazy. Merida wouldn’t get her feet wet for all the Purina bones in the world.
TIL (Today I Learned): President Zachary Taylor (#12) died of diarrhea caused by a bacterial infection of the small intestine.
We’re going to go from 70s to 30s by weekend. Now that wouldn’t be a big deal except that here I may freeze to death. The split units upstairs still aren’t working as they should, and once it gets frigid outside the wood furnace needs to be activated. We don’t yet know how to do that.
I wonder how cold it will be at 6:15 AM ET tomorrow morning.
I plan to set an alarm to get up to see and take a few photos of the blood moon eclipse. It’s supposed to commence totality at 5:17 AM ET and go on for about an hour and a half. Yes, I know I’m pushing the time limit. I sure hope I don’t miss it since there won’t be another until 2025.
For now… this is the best I’ve got…
TIL (Today I Learned): British Airways Flight 9 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash causing all four engines to stop. Captain Eric Moody told the passengers that, “We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
Daylight savings time… not a fan. My dogs understand “spring forward.” But “fall back”? Not so much.
I was too sleepy to take a sunrise photo.
Although I was up in time to take a photo of the sunrise for once, I didn’t. But I will share the photo I took at sunset last night. Everything was blanketed by a rosy glow.
Another 70 degree day incoming today even though mornings are downright chilly. I’m still not used to the transition between gas heat and heat pump heat. The downstairs split units are working as they should be because the thermometers I have placed in separate rooms show they are. Still, when I see 72° on the display it’s all I can do not to scream, “LIAR!“
The Farmers’ Almanac says…
According to the Farmers’ Almanac, we’re going to shake, shiver, and shovel this winter. I may just appreciate that outside wood furnace and radiant floor heat after all.
Notice that my slice of the USA is predicted to be ‘unreasonably’ cold (not unseasonably). In a couple months I’ll know more about how it feels to live in a barn, I guess. 😬
TIL (Today I Learned): Since 1850, more than 5,000 people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. Only 17 are known to have survived.
If time and money were not issues, what would you being doing? Seriously… think about it.
Would you read more? Exercise more? Spend more time with family and friends? Downsize/downgrade to a place in the country with fewer responsibilities? 😉
When energy is spent doing anything it either…
fuels us
depletes us
Everyone understands the concept of full tank VS running on empty, right? If you skip doing life-giving activities that align with your desires and dreams, your tank will be nothing but fumes.
My low fuel light was on for about 8 years.
I was taking vacations and spending some time with family and friends, but it was just enough to keep me in reserve fuel status. I’ve spent 20+ years sitting in front of a computer juggling work projects at least 14-hours per day — most often times longer.
I’m over that shit! 💩
I’ll never be rich — heck, we didn’t even have 1 number on our Powerball tickets this week. But acquiring more money is NOT going to fill my life tank.
Again… if time and money were not issues, what would you be doing? Once you answer that question… do more of that and less of whatever you’re doing that depletes your energy.
TIL (Today I Learned): US Navy sailor’s love of ice cream in World War II was so great that in 1943 the Navy purchased an ‘ice cream barge’ to act as a mobile ice cream making factory for sailors and marines. The barge was capable of producing 10 gallons of ice cream every 7 minutes.
