{"id":5083,"date":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2023-05-25T13:28:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:28:23","slug":"productivity-tip-how-have-productive-shopping-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/productivity-tip-how-have-productive-shopping-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Have a Productive Shopping Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/how-to-have-a-productive-shopping-trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/how-to-have-a-productive-shopping-trip.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/how-to-have-a-productive-shopping-trip-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 682px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to have a productive shopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/travel-itinerary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"How to Make a Travel Itinerary\">trip<\/a> every time you head out to the supermarket, grocery, farmer&#8217;s market, department store, or mall? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you looking for some practical tips to help you make the most out of your shopping outing? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Productive shopping trips are a smart way to not only save time, but money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Productive shopping means you don&#8217;t buy things you don&#8217;t need, nor do you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/how-to-stop-giving-away-your-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"How to Stop Giving Away Your Time\">spend more time<\/a> in a store than is necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That sounds like a win-win situation, now doesn&#8217;t it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, you&#8217;ll find several pointers to help you have a productive shopping trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review the following tips to see how you can make the most out of your shopping excursions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a list.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the easiest ways to make sure you buy what you need is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/how-to-actually-finish-your-to-do-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"How to Actually Finish Your To Do List\">make a list.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grocery lists are common, but what about making a list for clothing, accessories, hardware and other items? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have never done so before, give it a try! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll hone in on what you <em>really<\/em> need from the store versus what you <em>think<\/em> you need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to clothes shopping, for example, you might write down something like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Five pairs of dress socks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One white button down shirt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One pair of brown pants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One black handbag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s as easy as that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Give yourself a time limit.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about spending too much time at the store browsing, set a time limit for yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/time-management-tools-find-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"7 Time Management Tools You Can Find in Your Home\">Set an alarm<\/a> on your cell phone or watch and get to shopping. If you\u2019re feeling especially time-conscious, you could also set a time limit for picking up each item. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, instead of planning to shop the whole afternoon, make a plan to shop for an hour or so and then call it quits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stick to one or two stores.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays most stores, even if they are not department stores, have loads of different goods from clothing, to hardware, to notions and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chances are you\u2019ll find what you need when you take a minute to think about which stores would serve you best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/organizing-tip-sort-items-from-broad-to-narrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"How to Sort Items from Broad to Narrow\">narrow down<\/a> which establishment would be your best bet depending on your shopping needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know you\u2019d like to pick up a special bottle of wine for an anniversary, you\u2019d probably want to visit a specialty wine store versus say a small convenience mart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be a conscious shopper.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of things competing for your attention at stores nowadays: music, lights, moving displays, demonstrations and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know what attracts your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/undivided-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"19 Ways to Give Your Undivided Attention\">attention<\/a>? Think about this the next time you shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may find it helpful to refer to your shopping list or just keeping your shopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/goal-setting-how-to-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Goal Setting How-to-Guide\">goals<\/a> at the front of your mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you might say, \u201cI\u2019m here at the store to buy some AA batteries, an extension cord, and a snow shovel and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save browsing for another day.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you enjoy browsing or window shopping? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of combining shopping and browsing into one trip, make an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/make-sure-schedule-appointment-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"4 Ways to Make Sure You Schedule an Appointment into Your Calendar\">appointment<\/a> with yourself to do so some window shopping on another, less hectic or busy day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This way you\u2019ll be able to take your time to stroll, and enjoy viewing different wares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t feel pressured into buying something because you have to leave the store in less than ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, when you window shop you\u2019ll have more time to think about what you\u2019ve seen, whether you already own an item or whether you really need to buy something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How about you? Which of the above tips will you use to help you shop more productively? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you find your trips to the supermarket, department store or mall to be unproductive?<\/p>\n<p>Do you end up buying things you don\u2019t need or spend more time in a store than is necessary?<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the following tips to see how you can make the most out of your shopping excursions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[435,142,26,62,746,66,868,130],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23662,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/23662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theorderexpert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}