The Shopping Trolley Test (you’ll pass. probably.)


Hey Reader,

Let’s say you just finished grocery shopping.

It's hot, you're sweaty, the parking lot is a war zone of bumpers and badly aimed SUVs.

Do you:

A) Return your cart like a decent human

B) Roll it toward the corral and pray it makes it

C) Leave it loose in the wild to go scratch someone’s car and ruin a teenager’s day

Because the first TikTok I ever made was filmed from my car while I watched multiple people just…abandon their carts in the wild. One left theirs diagonally between two spots. Another shoved it at the corral and walked away without checking if it actually made it in.

That teenage employee was chasing trolleys under the beating sun like a gladiator fighting lions in Crocs.

I sat there thinking: What kind of person do I want to be?

And the answer was simple: The kind who walks the extra 20 feet and doesn’t pretend “busy” is a reason to embrace parking-lot anarchy.

The "What kind of person do I want to be?" question comes up a lot.

In writing. In life. In weird little parking lot tests.

So in that spirit, I have two quick questions for you:

What kind of writer are you?

And what can I (and what I'm building) do to help you get there?

👉 Click here to take the two-question 90-second survey

No prizes. Just a little more magic between us.

Thanks for being here. Whether you return your cart or not, I see you.

Talk soon ~ Elisa

P.S. Hate surveys? Want to do things your own rebellious way? I love that about you!

Just hit reply and tell me:

  • How’d you find me?
  • What kind of writing help, chaos, or creativity are you here for?

Still totally counts. I see you, doing your best not to let the cart crash into someone’s quarter-panel while a teenager’s shoes melt into the pavement. 😉