Chat with your emotions
Our emotions are often more intense during the holiday season. Marketers are experts at using those feelings to make you buy things.
- Make a rule for yourself: If an ad on the internet suggests a product to you, don't buy it.
- Treat your emotions as if they are people. It can help you to detach from that emotion and be more mindful when you buy gifts.
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