Act of Resistance

Now that i think of it and since it didn't have to be a public act of resistance... I have done several things over the weekend alone. However the thing i was intentionally doing was boycotting shopping completely on Black Friday, as well as the sales that followed on Saturday and Sunday (these were at places like Macy's, Boston Store, Kohls, and Target) So although usually throughout the past 4 years of my life that weekend and Friday especially were the days i did all of my holiday shopping as well as shopping in general i decided to take a stand this year and wait until a little later.

At first i didn't think that i would be able to pull this off mainly because of the fact that everyone else in my family was doing shopping but i managed to stay home and avoid all temptaions of deals too good to be true. I feel good about being able to make a stand and break away from conformity and the trend. I also believe that by protesting this it was a way of saying the stores couldn't control my lifestyle and i found better things to do with my time on the weekend. Many of my friends and people i am aquainted with thought i was crazy for not taking advantage of the sales but respected my opinion and choice of "sticking it to the man" or (womyn)

If i did this again i would probably write a letter to a manager or maybe even to Herb Kohl himself since he owns the stores, and explain my side and rationale for my protest. otherwise if i did this again i would most likely just Boycott all of the major stores in order to help the smaller businesses out and support them and help stimulate the economy on a microeconomic level.

I don't believe that me alone especially since I am only a high Schooler without a good paying job and because i wasn't able to persuade my family to boycott the companies that i made a significant impact but by writing this for anyone who desires to read and by at least putting the idea out there, that i did do a small part to protesting somthing much higher beyond me at the moment at least.