Shopping Sites as a respite

I was binge watching a series on Netflix today. After 15 minutes into the show, I get a notification on phone from Myntra, and in no time I was browsing the catalog of t-shirts, Kurtas and even lipstick, when I don't even use a lipstick. The process of hunting for unwanted items went for 20 minutes. I continued watching the series and window shopping at the same time.

The same thing happened while I was getting back from work in a cab. I enjoy looking at people and everything that happens on the road, but in no time, I was checking out the shopping sites, while looking out from my car window.

It happened again when I was cooking lunch for myself and the rice was boiling. It's a never ending cycle of using the shopping sites as a distraction.

So, I wondered to myself- what importance am I giving to the seemingly enjoyable activities like watching a movie, or looking out of the window, or cooking. Answer is None. One looks for a distraction when they aren't satisfied with the action in hand. By indulging in a irrelevant affair, I'm regarding the current activity to not be fun enough. And this will always lead to a unsatisfied, half baked actions.

Mindless window shopping, which correlates to the act of hunting for something one really isn't sure of owning, is a passive act. An indication of inability to know what's good for me. It's joyful because with every dress I see, I imagine myself in one. I'm fascinated by the newness of how I'd look by owning one.

Window shopping isn't bad, but only if done actively. Take the shopping bag, hunt the town for the best, most comfortable shoes, chew the brains of the Sales guy, put yourself in each shoe, imagine wearing it every single day, and do it with your heart and soul into it. Do it like your life depends on it. 😂