Subconscious is shopping for you

For one month before Christmas, we all go to buy our special gift for the people we love and one week before everything and everywhere is going crazy, but why this happened? Why we buy too many things and make an effort to get that specific present? Well, when you go out to shopping only 0.0004% of the things you buy is made it consciously! You don’t why you are buying that unnecessary wallet or t-shirt; it’s your subconscious that is making the job for you. Our brain works with different process to make a determinate choice, this 8 step will reveal you what is it doing with you shopping:

1.  Suggestion: When you go to a store and seller asks you “Would you like to buy…?” you probably end up buying that stuff. That’s how the stores increase their sales.
2. Reciprocity: we innately give back when someone give us something. That’s why you put pictures on Facebook sending Christmas love…. 80 % of your contacts will respond you.
3. Social proof: this is a classic; you buy it because everybody does. You are buying Fifty Shades for you friend just because is the most reading book in Chile.
4.  Mood: people feel different in this period, this festive mood promote go to shopping your gift.
5.  Priming: when store begin to show Santa, decorated trees and put Jingle Bells, you start to think “I’ve to buy that toy for my bro”. It reminds you to do it.
6. A time for consumption: Our ancestors needed all possible energy when this age come, cold and short day. That’s why we have to consume in Christmas. This works in the other hemisphere, in Chile are looong and hot days.
7. Scarcity: you feel that you need to buy something just because “are the last ones!” or for limited time.
8. Emotions: this is very important to define your purchase. If you see a little beautiful girl playing with a doll, you probable buy that one instead of a random one.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/20/eight-reasons-christmas-shopping-mind-playing-tricks

this year...

Sincerely, I don´t know what to think about this year. It has been a weird year...

This year I got two jobs: for the first one I had to renounce because I was having schedule’s troubles; in my second job they were hypocrite with me when I asked them for permission. But just like my mom said: “you have to think that you save yourself of a snake’s nest” and I really believe that she is the wisest woman on Earth. The bright side of this is that I had money to pay my own things, bought my medicine, clothes and gift for my friends (I’m all poor when they are on their birthdays). I feel very proud of myself about that. And finance my parties, of course. I have to find a new one soon; I need it because I don’t have any money right now.

I’ve had personal difficulties that I don’t think are important to you lol, it wasn’t a great year in that area.

Finally, I was a little too lazy this year in university, specially this semester. I don’t know why but it is still happening. The only relevant thing is that I already know what I want to do in my life; I decided to work in school being Educational Psychologist. All study's decision seems to be easier now that I know it.

This wasn’t a good year in general so far (I’ve had better years…!), but maybe I’ve learn to receive all the bad news, the fight, the bad feeling and turn it in an opportunity or learning. I'm so wise when i want *-* 

University :)

Ok, I don’t have a clue what I supposed to write… so I’ll do it about an easy topic: University. Specifically, how you change when you’re in University.

First, how many words you can write in an essay. When I made my first essay in university, it was so hard wrote only a couple of pages for an entire work! Now I discover that I can write one page base on nothing, just empty rhetorical. I’m kind of proud of that ;) Actually, I don’t know if University in general gives you that or just our career…

Second, that sense of responsibility or something like that… when we were in high school our parent were our support. If you made a mistake, they covered you. My mom once had an argument with one of my brother’s teacher because they said that he was guilty of some pranks… we never knew if he did or not. Anyway! And they make you did your school duty, like homework or in some case just go to school! In University you control yourself, you decide if you want to go. The only important obligation is make all your works on time.

Finally, you prepare yourself for adult life. Slowly you start to work, have more experiences and find what you really want to do. Someone come to Santiago alone and live with friends, I think that’s a big step!

I hope you think I’m right, byeee!

How green am I?

At present, there’re some school who teach their student good practices for environment, but I think that doesn't exist a real educational politics about it. Practically it’s depends on the moral of each school. On the other hand, many adults doesn't know this customs and even doesn't understand why is important.

However I've to say I’m guilty because I don’t recycling as much as I like. I try to use my notebooks completely or use it more than a semester if still has clean parts. I know people who use bottles to make decorative objects, but I’m not very good with manual work so I don’t do it. Beside in my house I’m always turning of the light or the TV and in winter we warp up warm with fleece cloth, in that way we use less paraffin. Also I've try to walk instead go out on a car, but sometimes when I have to go to university, for example, I even try to use public transport because I heard that is a good alternative for no contaminate more.

When it comes to Eco-organizations I don’t support any, principally because I don’t have money right now. I believe that my way to help them will be with money, I’m lazy so maybe I won’t be the most active participant.

I don’t think I've reduce my carbon footprint as other people. Certainly I could do more things for the planet, but is not one of my principal worry and sometimes I forgot them. I think is that what society (and I) need and doesn't do it: really worry about environment, take this issue seriously and then we really start to make a big change.

One of my passions...

I’ve already written about my friends and the music I love, so today I’ll write about my favorite football team: Universidad de Chile *-* And I don´t like just because I’m studying here xd

I always love football, since I was a little girl… I wasn’t very feminine back then!  I saw my dad and my brother play it all the weekend. Beside, in my grandparent’s house all Sunday we spend the entire evening watching match after match! So eventually I started to support one team in particular… almost everybody in my family like Universidad de Chile. I said “almost” because my grandmother and my brother like Colo-Colo (you can imagine the fights in my house when is time of a classic match!), and my dad likes Universidad Catolica (I think He is the only one… I’m just kidding!)

Anyway! The Universidad de Chile was founded in 1927 by people of this university. Since then is one of the most popular teams of the country, with thousands of fans! It has gone through age of sadness like when it goes to second league in 1989, and age of greatness like when the team won six championships consecutively between 1959 and 1969 with “Blue Ballet”, and obviously when won South American Cup in 2011… I remember I celebrated this the whole week!

I believe this is all I have to say for now...

My friends :)

The past week I wrote about one of my favorite songs, because I had it “on repeat” on head. But this week I’ve so different things in my head I can’t decide! Right now I’m thinking about shoes, at least 5 songs, the places I like to visit, etc. There’re too many thing, so I prefer write about something I (obviously) always love: my friends :)

When I was a little girl (like in fourth grade) I used to think I’ve hundred friends, but when I grow up discover that wasn’t true. From that time I keep only one friend, Sabrina, and even we aren’t closest like we used to, I’ll be there for her if she need me.

In High School, you hang out with people who have the same interest in music, book or whatever other stuff. But here you have to learn that those same people are changing, just like yourself. So, when I was in High School, I met great classmates, funny girls, a couple envious and the best friends you can ask. Obviously, when I finish High School I thought I’ll continue seeing all my best friends, but university life is hard and not everything you plan will work. I still have affection and the best wishes for all them; however it’s not the same. Anyway, I keep three friend and they are my family now: Gaby, Pitu and Vale. She is my bestie of all times <3

Finally, in university is hard found real friend, people who understand you, hear you and make you spend amazing time even if you are just reading a book. Well, I think I found them but it’s too embarrassed describe it because they will read it xd Cami and Caro: I love you bitch ;)

I wrote a lot, I’m sorry! 

I wish this dream comes true...

I will talk about one special song which I can’t stop listening (actually, I’m listening right now!). It isn't a new one or a great hit, but it’s one of my favorite. The song that I’m talking about is “Digital Love” and is an unspoken-love’s song, like you love someone in secrets :O It’s part of the Daft Punk’s album “Discovery”.

This album has his own movie called “Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem” and it’s about a world in a parallel universe where are this band of blue people who make great music, but there’s an evil man who kidnapped them. This movie was made by Japanese animation and I love it also because of that, it reminds me the anime I saw when I was little.

In this film there isn't any dialogue, you only can hear all songs of “Discovery” and “Digital Love”, in particular, starts to play when a captain is in space on his spaceship and then begins to dream with the girl he’s fall in love. He wakes up when the alarm sound and notice that the band has been kidnapped. So he decides to rescue them, specially the singer girl who is the one he love.

I don’t know what else I could say, I just love it :)

I let you the Digital Love's video. I hope you enjoy it!