On Sale NOW!

[406 words] The holidays are almost over. Everyone will soon be settling back into a rhythm that will take most people through the remainder of the winter and through the first part of spring. However, every day I check my “junk email” account, I see hundreds of email subject lines from hundreds of different companies such as this: “Christmas sale! You don’t want to miss this event.” “Treat yourself NOW!” “Don’t miss an EXTRA 40% off year end.” After months of Christmas sales and shopping and spending, my thought at seeing these is to ask, “really???” Just once I’d like to see a company advertise and send me an email that says, “Andy, you have everything you need. Don’t buy anything else from us for a while” or “Andy, you spend enough during the holidays, please disregard this ad” or “Be content with what you have. Don’t open me.” Dare,…