Not me balling my eyes out because I found my cat sleeping in my parents bed and I think he misses my dad.
Wish I could take my cats to Mexico with me 🥺
SOCIAL MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU ABOUT BLACK FRIDAY!!👇🏾👇🏾
A lot of people are shocked by some of the headlines stating “Black Friday shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion in U.S. online sales, up 7.5% from last year”
But this is a perfect example of how the media can be misleading
But don’t worry.. I paid attention in economics class, and study media literacy… so you didn’t have to!
Everyone saw that stores were empty, deals were not dealing, and inflation has been kicking our butt all year
So let’s talk about the real numbers
So the TOTAL increase in ALL sales for Black Friday 2023 is only 2.5%
The article is saying that the portion of the sales that are online, increased by 7.5%… NOT THE TOTAL SALES
(None of these numbers are adjusted to inflation btw)
Inflation is around 3.2%…
So if TOTAL sales increased 2.5%… but inflation is 3.2%… then that means there was actually a LOSS on Black Friday
Because our dollars and purchasing power holds LESS value than they did in 2022
It’s also important to note that the amount of sales made through a buy now, pay later program has increased by 47%
They may want us to believe our economy is in better shape than what it is… but companies and individuals are feeling the shift right now
working on yourself but together with each other not just leaving them stranded to figure it out alone.
That is not love. And those who think they have nothing to work on that’s the biggest mistake you can make. No ones perfect.
If I learned one thing in the transitions of being a girl friend to being a fiancé to being a wife is that during those transitions is when it’s vital to become one. To prioritize your partner, to make them above anyone else
because at the end of the day you’re accepting the commitment of becoming one and making them your priority through the good and the bad. You are accepting to help them through their lows through their highs, going through things together changing together