But as we know, many of those purchases will sooner or later (often sooner) end up in some dusty closet, donation pile, or trash bin. ![]() The consulting firm Deloitte reports that 73 percent of retail executives expect higher spending this holiday season as compared to last, bringing the per-shopper average right back up to its 2019 fighting weight of almost $1,500. And yet, for some reason, the majority of us are not yet willing to look squarely at the holidays and think: Perhaps a Black Friday sale does not add meaning to my life. Daily schedules collapsed and were rebuilt, values and priorities shifted, personal relationships transformed. We are nearing the two-year mark for a pandemic that has (at the very least) completely upended our lives in many, many ways. ![]() This article is part of the Ask Umbra 2021 Holiday Makeover.
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