Monday mornings are generally a blur of coffee cups hidden
around my house, keys that never seem to want to be found, and a spray of
headlines and social media posts about all the things I "should be
doing," all before I even make it into the office. We spend the majority of our lives working
and planning for life experiences and only a mere five percent of our time
actually living out those well thought out trips. I am sure most of you have a box, bin, board
or even a file saved on your desktop of every trip, every smile or ideal moment
you have dreamed for your life, but what are you doing right now to get you to
that moment.
The days of "waiting for a rainy day" have come
and gone. The one true realization our millennial
generation has taken away from our parents is that you can waste an entire
lifetime planning, and that the saying "all work and no play makes Jack
and Sally a dull Girl and boy." Is
incredibly accurate. Millennials have
the mindset that experiences define us, and that living requires more than
planning, it requires doing.
When buying a car, the mindset I have coming into a
dealership is, "Can this car get me where I want to go and can it handle
all my stuff?" Outside my own
needs, I focus on the experience and feel I get from my sales associate. Being a female in a generally male driven
industry, approaching the car buying experience can be intimidating. I was just speaking to a girl friend of mine
that is in the market for a pre-owned Accord or Altima. She would send me text messages throughout the
day with the stereo-typical comments a few of her potential sales associates
would say to her. Remember that approx.
83% of people will relive an experience, and that the experience has an
emotional longevity to it. It stays with
us and are lessons we use every day to guide us through to our next choice.
Be sure that when you select a sales associate, you get the
experience you deserve. Look for
transparency, an educated staff and an associate open to questions and
concerns. You may have done your
due-diligence already by researching on the internet, but let your associate
close any gaps you may have in all that information you’ve worked so hard to acquire. Part of the car buying experience is creating
a relationship with your associate.
Remember that whichever vehicle you choose, make sure it
suites your lifestyle and can get you from one happy snapshot to the next, with
all the stuff you need while getting there. And always ask the questions:
Did I live?
Do I have regrets?
Did I experience everything I wanted to in life?
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