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With our society getting faster & faster, one state in Australia goes against the trend by having no Sunday trading, Western Australia.
While some may view this as crazy, I find it is a great way to do nothing, wind down, spend quality time with friends & family, re charge the batteries while not engaging in typical weekend behavior of rushing around buying this, going there, driving here, driving there.

While there are some exemptions based on satisfying certain criteria, most business have to reframe from opening on a Sunday.
The great thing is like retailers in the seventies before weekend weekend trading, people managed by shopping on Thursday/Friday nights or Saturday mornings before 12.00pm, everybody coped fine.

It’s only now in 2009 that longing working hours and additional weekend activities chrunch our time to the point the only option is Saturday afternoon or Sunday.

Maybe our buyer behavior has change, maybe we are now consuming more stuff or maybe shopping has become a social activity or we are making more frequent trips/smaller purchases from the supermarkets.

What ever has happened try this at home this weekend, buy all your food and other supplies and relax at home, switch off the internet, mobile phone, turn the land line ringing dial down and chill out.
You may be surprised how you feel Monday morning:)))

I heard a great story about a King who loved to go deer hunting, back in the dark ages.
Going deer hunting was an activity the King used to relax and remove him self from the regular pressures of running the kingdom.
Due to the responsibilities of being the King, his fabled deer hunting activities were no more so the Queen enlisted the help of a person known to have good fortune and luck. Such luck would help the King find the deer (apparently deer are hard to find as the bow and arrow is there natural enemy).
So off the King went one day to hunt deer with this person of good luck, within no time had they entered the forest that a deer appeared, the King drew his bow and within seconds the deer had fallen victim to the Kings arrow, unfortunately the deer was still alive so the King went to his faithful bearer of good fortune and asked for a knife to ends the deers suffering.

In a moment of haste, the man of good fortune dres his knife and in the process cut the finger tip of the Kings finger. “What have you done, you are useless, this is not good fortune, off to the dungeons for you” expelled the King, “Something good will come from this” said the person of good fortune.

This only antagonised and infuriated the King even more, so the person of good fortune repeated “Something good will come from this”.

Well off to the dungeon he went, with the person of good fortune “Something good will come from this”.
After a few weeks passed, the King decided to go deer hunting again but this time alone, off he went deep into the forest. Not a deer to be seen so he continued deeper and deeper, before long he was lost, it was getting darker and the all mighty King was getting a little concerned.

Before long he heard some voices in the distance, louder and louder the voices got until he was surrounded by savages.
The leader of the tribe was most happy with his find as the tribe performed regular sacrifices to the gods for continued good fortune. Sacrificing a King was the ultimate offering to the gods so soon the King was in the middle of a Bon fire. The leader of the tribe went to the King and noticed that he was missing his finger tip, “well we cannot make a sacrifice when the person is incomplete, without their finger tip.

So they untied the King and sent him on his way.
Back in the kingdom the King went back to the dungeon to tell the person of good fortune that he was right about something good will come off this. he apologised for the appalling conditions of only bread and water.

The person of good fortune said to the King that something good happened for him as he could have been with the King and been sacrificed:)))

So the moral of the story is you never quite know how one event will effect future events.
As there were hundreds of events that lead to the King losing his finger, there were equally a lot of events since and more events in the future.

Remember there is always light at the end of the tunnel, if you believe there is more doom & gloom followed by more doom & gloom, chances are you will experience more doom & gloom.

No matter how bad the situation, ask yourself is there a positive or something to be learnt?
Life is all about taking control and not being a victim, believe in yourself and surround yourself with like minded people.

Recently I have been speaking with friends/clients re relationships.
What keeps coming up is the “He/She’s not into you” phenomenon, girl meet boy, boy can’t commit, not sure. confused, needs space, more time….

Well I like to compare finding the right partner to buying a pair of shoes.
You are walking along, minding your own business when you casually glance into the shop window and see these shoes.
Enough interest has been generated to enter the shop and make a closer inspection, there are 2 outcomes, you buy or you don’t buy.
Now you either go “wow” I have to buy these shoes or maybe sit there debating about whether you buy, you may be umming & arring will they go with my outfit, my handbag, are they too expensive, too uncomfortable, not my style or do you go “yes, I’II buy them without hesistation”
Or do you walk out the shop and have a think about it as you don’t won’t to make the wrong decision, or maybe you will check out what other shoe shops have in stock.

If the boy/girl can’t decide are they getting the “WOW” factor, it’s quite a simple process.
The world is full of shoes ready to buy, but before you buy you have to know what you’re looking for, something sleek & stylish may not be very practical or comfortable or maybe it’s not the worlds coolest shoe but you will wear it until the soles fall apart.

So with finding your perfect pair of shoes, some quick pointers:
1.Make sure there is a WOW factor
2.Size, while you may have the WOW factor, are they the right fit?
Too tight and you are putting up with the pain & discomfort, too loose and you are constantly trying to keep them on
3.Will your friends like your these shoes
4.Quality; Will they last or look great for a few months & fall apart
5.Are there little niggly things about the shoes you don’t like when you first try then on but decide that these little annoying things are ok?
In time these annoying things may grow larger like a hole in the sole.

Remember there are plenty of shops selling every different type of shoes, try something crazy every now and then by trying on a pair of shoes you would normally would walk past, you may be surprised the the fit & comfort:)))

Lastly a word of caution about shoes you have bought but decide to return them.
Under no circumstances go back to the shop to buy them back again, once you have decided to return the shoes, the decision should be final.