Congrats!
I struggled with drinking for years. It got to the point where I just got so sick of the chase. About two years ago, I decided to quit cold turkey. The quitting part was easy. The most challenging part is dealing with the lifetime of feelings I have been masking.
I would caution that you dont replace your addiction with a sneaker addiction, because I did haha.
The amount of drops from Nike has increased as have their production figures. This is most likely due of several factors.
Nike didn’t foresee the drop off in demand. Who can blame them as the economy pivoted rather quickly as they were mostly likely increasing figures. One of those reasons for them to increase figures was probably to fight against sneaker reselling.
Nike is a public company and return to shareholders is a top priority. When the economy did a 180, they figured it would be hard to comp the prior year figures. Why not increase supply and pump that to retailers for sales, trying to match last year figures?
At least in Canada, before and during Covid, banks were offering stupid deals on variable mortgages such as prime minus 1.25. People locked in won’t be impacted until renewal, which is going to be a shock, but those with variable rates are experiencing what can be large increases in their payments. This comes at a time when a lot of people are being asked to repay the support they received during Covid.
Nearly everything else is more expensive. The average basket $ at the grocery store has increased substantially. Going out to eat now costs substantially more. With Christmas around the corner, buying those gifts in most cases is going tocosts a lot more than it did even a year ago.
Obviously there is more but, those are enough to make the vast majority of wallets pucker up.