#524 Why We Buy: Impulse, Price & Shopping Therapy - Learn Polish Podcast


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In this episode Ania and Roy discuss shopping — trips to malls and weekly grocery runs, impulse buys versus planned purchases, price and promotion psychology, online vs in-store shopping, social media influence, and whether shopping can act as therapy. They share simple tips to tell a need from a want, how to avoid regret, and ideas like donating excess clothes.
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00:12 - Introduction to Shopping
00:35 - The Emotional Aspect of Shopping
03:47 - Impulsive Decisions in Retail
07:36 - Online vs. In-Store Shopping
11:59 - Identifying Real Needs
13:21 - Shopping as a Form of Therapy
15:36 - Alternatives to Shopping Therapy
17:18 - Closing Thoughts and Discussion
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Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast, episode number 524, you'll find other episodes
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on learnpolishpodcast.com, on YouTube and Rumble and Spotify.
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And you'll find everything about me, scan the QR code or go to rycon.com where
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you'll find me six shows, as well as everything that I'm doing on podcasting.
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And you get lessons from Anja, and you'll find that both on the show notes,
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both on the audio and the video. CzeÅÄ Anja!
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Hej! I managed to return to the purchase, because I was on the purchase,
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you know, and the purchase will be our topic today.
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I just said, I literally returned to the purchase, and tell me,
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when did you last time you were on the purchase?
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And, that is, for example, buying clothes, or maybe...
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In all, in all. Every Friday I buy Lidl or my son and buy what I want today,
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what I want tomorrow, what I want tomorrow.
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Ok, so when we buy food, we buy food.
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And other things like clothes, cosmetics, how often?
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Now it's a little bit, because I have a lot of clothes, a lot of clothes, a lot of clothes.
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It's not a lot of money. I have a lot of shoes and...
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Yeah, so, i też na przykÅad manufaktur, you say, yeah, ja nie czujÄ siÄ dobrze,
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i energy jest na manufakturze, tak, it's like wyglÄ dasz dobrze,
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jest dobra resurs, ale energy, tak.
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I mam takie wrażenie, kiedy wchodzisz do centrum handlowego,
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tam jest tyle sklepów, że czujesz stres, bo jest tyle tego dużo,
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tak, że po prostu nie wiesz, gdzie masz iÅÄ, nie wiesz, co masz kupiÄ.
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Tutaj nie ma manufaktury, tutaj mam zÅote tarasy, bo to Warszawa,
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wiÄc. And they are probably even more than the manufacturer, maybe, right?
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I have to buy a lot of money now, I have to buy a lot of money now.
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So, it's the same. There is also a lot of shops and something else,
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but finally you don't know what.
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And I have a question in relation to buying.
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Tell me, how is it? Do you think, or maybe you think, when you have a good humor,
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to decide what you need to buy, that means, I don't know, that's what you need to buy, that's right?
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Let's say you're a little and then you buy, you're a impulse,
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you're a little, and when you're happy, you're a little, you're okay,
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you're a little, what gives you happiness.
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How do you do that? Is it emotional, or is it emotional, or is it your emotional, or is it not?
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How do you think? Well, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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No Emocnie chodziÅo mi o takie emocje typu... No, nie wiem.
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Jestem zadowolona, bo... Nie wiem.
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Bo... SkoÅczyÅam jakiÅ projekt. I jestem zadowolona.
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SkoÅczyÅam swojÄ pracÄ. No i teraz sobie coÅ kupiÄ. W takim znaczeniu szczÄÅcie
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i nieszczÄÅcie. Wydaje mi siÄ, że trochÄ też.
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Bo kiedy jestem zadowolona, to kupiÄ sobie coÅ, co bardzo lubiÄ.
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Tak? Å»eby sobie daÄ nagrodÄ. A jak nie, no to raczej nie. Przynajmniej u mnie to tak dziaÅa. Nie wiem.
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Dobra. A powiedz mi teraz... So, impulsive decisions.
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How do you think? Impulsive decisions. When you see something in the shop,
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maybe it's a little bit, maybe it's a little bit, maybe it's a little bit, you see something,
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and you say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, what can you provoke this impulse?
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What can you say, I'm going to say, Planu,
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I always ask my head if it's a need or a want. Okay, so I need it or I want it.
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But here we are talking about impulse, so we don't think, we don't think,
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we don't think about it. Impulse, I can see it and more visually.
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I have impulse, when I watch a lot of cubes, and I say, oh, it will be good.
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Impulse, yes, okay, good. The visual aspect, but it may be like, if you buy something,
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you see a promotion and it also helps you, that if you don't like it,
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it's still for promotion, so you can buy it, right?
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Or promotion, maybe advertising? Sometimes when there is promotion,
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I say, ok, maybe there is a drug for a $0.50, and I don't want everything,
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like a paper towel, like a kawa.
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I say, ok, so I will, it's not a cost, it's not a meal, I have to eat fast, it will be ok. I can't.
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I don't have a chance to get 2 kilos of coffee, but when you get 2 kilos of
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6,000 dollars, then... Then you buy, right? So, here is a promotion.
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Okay, so we're talking about the price. It's great. It's a psychology of the price.
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Tell me, how is it? Is always a cheap product, is a good product? Or, actually.
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To be something good must be a good thing. What is it?
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Good, good, good, good? What do you think? For example, in a shop.
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I remember in Irlandia, there was a company who worked with a company in a company.
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There was a lot of Kerrygold, I don't know if Kerrygold or Dairygold,
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there was a lot of company.
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And there was a Dairygold, a drugstore. And then you change the puddle to Tesco white brand.
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Like cheap Tesco, it was exactly the same as it was.
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So when you look, I don't want to buy this Tesco, because it's $0.30,
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but it's exactly the same.
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But sometimes there are other ingredients. and,
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also for example when I buy a bag I don't want to be a boss for me it's not
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important for me I always look at the material and also the boss.
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And is there hair is it in the color because I know standard is good Cena?
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No, to nie jest, bo czasami może byÄ 300 zÅ za koszula i ten koszula za 100 jest lepiej.
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Tak, to prawda. Nie zawsze cena równa siÄ jakoÅÄ. Niestety, czÄsto ludzie przepÅacajÄ .
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PrzepÅacajÄ , czyli pÅacÄ zbyt dużo.
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No, niestety. A Roy, a powiedz mi, w zwiÄ zku z tym, ty wolisz zakupy stacjonarne?
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To znaczy, wolisz jechaÄ do sklepu, czy wolisz zakupy online.
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Co jest dla Ciebie lepsze?
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Za little bedronka, za samochod, tak, bo jak coÅ patrzÄ, bo nie wiem,
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czy może online za... ÅródÅarni bylowo chyba.
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Ok, dla mnie jest japan, jest lepiej.
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A na przykÅad like pasta do zÄbi, albo coÅ online, like Allegro,
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bo So, I also have a coupon online system,
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so it's hit the coupon and it gives me the best job.
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So, maybe the price is 100⬠and normally it's euro or dollar, it's not here.
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And sometimes it can be 20% or 50% and sometimes it's like a book.
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Sometimes I look at where is the best scene and I buy a lot of books. The price is better.
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Okay, tell me in the meantime, if you had a situation when you had something,
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and you had a little impulsy,
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And then, when you come home, after shopping, you regret it.
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That means you thought, that you bought it, but you don't need it.
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Did you have such a situation? Yes.
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I know what I want. And when I bought a clothing, I remember it. I remember it.
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Yes, I always look at it.
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I remember it. So, you always think, you always think, everything is very calculated with these things.
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That's good, that's good. Of course. I again, I'll go back to the social media in the third podcast.
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Tell me, how is it? Is there any media that can influence on what we want?
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I mean, if something is modern and social media shows all the time,
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then I actually go to this shop and buy it, because the whole world has it.
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Is it so or not? For me not, but I know the job.
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For example, like, now a line from clothes, right?
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But how to buy a new one? Okay, because it may be 30% of the price.
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Do you think that people know that it's an old line? No.
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For me it's like when I feel good, it's a good costume for example, and a good material.
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So when I watch the advertising, it's not important for me. It doesn't work.
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It doesn't work. Reclama doesn't work. Algorithm doesn't sound like it.
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Okay. Tell me in the meantime, I think that maybe not,
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but sometimes you look like something just fine and you have to buy it.
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It's nice as a category, that you like it, that it's nice, and you buy it,
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or rather not, even if you say something is nice, but you don't really need
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it, you don't really need it.
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Because sometimes people buy something just because it's nice,
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and they don't really need it. How do you do it?
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It depends on the day. So, it's impulsive.
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So, when you have a skirt, I have a big skirt, but it's nice.
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It's very good, or another color, or another color is nice. It's like,
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this will be good, this will be good.
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So, sometimes it's like. So, it's such a situation.
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It's not everything is so planned. It's actually the moment that something looks
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good and you want to do it. Ok, dobra. Super, Åwietnie.
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Dobra, to teraz powiedz mi w takim razie, jak Ty to robisz?
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Jak rozpoznajesz, że coÅ jest Ci naprawdÄ potrzebne albo coÅ Ci siÄ tylko podoba i chcesz to mieÄ?
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To jest to, co na poczÄ tku wspomniaÅeÅ. Czy coÅ realnie potrzebuje? Tak?
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Potrzebuje czegoÅ, coÅ jest potrzebne? Czy jednak chcÄ to po prostu mieÄ?
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Czyli to jest moja zachcianka, chcÄ to mieÄ. but it's not a real need, but it's a real need.
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How do you think you have to identify on the market, that you have to look at
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the skirt and you are like, that one is your favorite, but you want to do it, but you want to do it,
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but you want to do it, but you think you need to do it.
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How do you know when you do it, that you don't need to do it, How do you analyze it?
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I don't know. It's just like... I feel like...
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I analyze sleep, I analyze material, which is good.
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I never come back and say, well, because I bought the next coat,
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because I have a buty. I always feel happy to buy.
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Aha, okay. Okay, so you have to be a need for you, and a need for you,
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so you can be a need for you, right?
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So, it's a change, something is needed, and at the same time it tastes like
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it. That's very good, because you never regret your choice, right? Exactly.
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I also don't know what I think about internet. Ah, so, so, so.
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Okay, so tell me in this case, because we're talking about these purchases,
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Czy zakupy mogÄ byÄ formÄ terapii? To znaczy np.
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Kiedy faktycznie zdarza siÄ jakiÅ pozytywny moment w moim życiu, ja sobie mówiÄ, ok,
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żeby to celebrowaÄ, żeby to uczciÄ, po polsku, żeby to uczciÄ,
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ja idÄ na zakupy i sobie kupujÄ dużo rzeczy, które mi siÄ podobajÄ .
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Albo na odwrót, kiedy czujÄ siÄ Åºle, przechodzÄ przez jakiÅ zÅy moment w życiu,
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I also say, I don't want to buy a purchase, but to improve the humor.
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To, or form of purchase, like therapy, you think it works, or rather it's not a therapy for you?
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People think that it's a tough job, but it's not like that.
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Sometimes you buy a lot of things, first you can't have money to make a credit
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card, then you have to make a next day.
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You have to make a lot of people, And then, buy, buy, and then,
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like, charity or something.
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It's just, like, experience to buy, right?
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It's a little pain. It's like, people can drink alcohol, people can do it.
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It's also, like, I think, oh, it's okay, because I buy, for me, it's like, so.
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That there is, like, a therapy, that it helps me, that I feel better,
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because, of course, I stop thinking about problems, I don't want to buy something. to buy something.
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There are a lot of people who look for women and they have more than 100. That's not normal.
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I don't know if a child has more than 20 or 10, but they have more than 100. My mom also has 100.
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There are so many people, which I can see you. I'm talking about women,
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who can have more clothes than women.
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Although I've never seen this in my own eyes, but I'm not sure that it is.
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It's a very similar. It depends on how you say it. I use your words.
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And I'll tell you that it depends on your words.
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It depends on how you do it. If you don't have a therapy, what could be a therapy
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in your case? What would be a therapy in your case?
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I read books. Okay.
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Every person is different, has their own way.
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The book is not very different. It's not a very different. It's an economic habit of books.
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And when I'm not reading, I'll give a person to this. It's a good book.
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You can find something that you can't buy. So what?
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The satisfaction of reading her, of development, so the things that we can't buy for money.
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Well, Roy, in this case... And also quickly, I have a system,
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for example, when I have a new bed, a new bed, I have a bag for charity,
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I don't know, charity in Polish.
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Oh, an organization. So I have more, more, more. and then you can use it to others.
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And then you can use it to other people. Exactly.
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That's a great idea. I give it to my clothes. I give it to my clothes.
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Your system is probably the best. So, in that case, your therapy is reading.
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Here is also not blaming, but giving.
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And that's great. So, in this case, it turns out, that the purchases must not
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be therapy. They must be only good.
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I encourage you to share your opinions on this topic. I would like to read the
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comments, or even go to the discussion.
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Maybe in the next podcast. Roy, thank you very much.
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See you again. Thank you very much, Ania. So you can get lessons from Ania.
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