Shopaholic Reform: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Damages (10/11

Thursday, October 14

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Damages (10/11 - 10/13)

Monday

Tuesday

$45 - Living Social (Floga deal)
$6.45 - PhotoWorks (prints from Greece for presents for Aaron's family...FREE SHIPPING! God I love free shipping)
$26.70 - P.F. Changs (dinner with the gals)
$120 - Salty Dogs Obedience (Maggie's dog walker/soon to be trainer, once I get her a gentle leader and she gets a bit more settled...we'll have her jumping through flaming hoops in no time...kidding)
$19.00 - Lululemon (vinyasa leg warmers...and they're so much cooler than the old school LA Gear pink leg warmers I had when I was 8)

So I've been out of the work out routine for ehhh about a year and a half now, pretty much the entire time I've been in school aside from a run here and a yoga class there. So it's about time I got back into shape, just in time for the frigid months of winter...perfect timing! Blech. BUT at least I have my sweet new leg warmers to get me in the working out mood! (sometimes you need something fun and new to get your motivated..or at least I do)

So anyways, a deal came up on Living Social (one of the many site I visit daily to peruse for a good local deal) for two months of unlimited yoga at Floga Yoga Studio in Newton, MA. Although they don't have the best schedule and are a tad bit out of the way for me, you just can't beat $45 for two months of "all-you-can-yoga." So I'm going to give it a try. If I don't love it I will just go back to my tride and true Prana Yoga Studio, which I love but it gets pricey (as they all do). As for running, I think I need to find a new doc ASAP to take another look at my leg. I still have a lump on it from my July 4th soccer injury, and it hurts from time to time (constantly) so running might not be the best idea.

Wednesday

$1.98 - Dunkin Donuts (medium, hot, black...first hot coffee of the season...ew)
$2.45 - Dunkin Donuts (medium, iced, black...hat to cool down after a long day in the field)
$11.70 - The VT Country Deli (delicious take-and-back mac and cheese)

I spent Wednesday tromping through the woods of VT helping a coworker out with three delineations. It was a good day. A long day (hence the two cups of coffee)...but a good day.

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)