I want something. I don't need it, i want it. It might be really really cool. It might be nifty. It might be pretty. Likely it is all of those things. It is bright and shiny and sexy.
So I walk out without buying it. I don't tell myself I can't buy it. Nope that would be being nasty to me. I just tell myself I'll buy it tomorrow. I don't feel deprived because I'm going to buy it tomorrow.
Usually when tomorrow comes I really can't care less about it. It isn't important enough to go back for. And when it is, it was worth buying.
This works very well for me. I make many fewer impulse purchases.
My favourite Saving Technique.
November 3rd, 2006 at 05:47 am
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November 3rd, 2006 at 05:05 pm 1162573509
While I certainly not say this is my favorite technique, but what has been the most effective to me is to financially "starve" myself. In other words, whenever I get the urge to buy something I want but don't need, especially the shiney-electronicky gadgety stuff, I would simply pay more than the usual into my debts. That way, I will simply not have enough to buy what I want.
The more I want something, the more I'll pay into my debt and stretch myself out, until I start to freak myself out. Then I'll sort of snap back into shape.
It's... not pretty, this method. It's sort of akin to self-induced electro-shock therapy.
November 4th, 2006 at 11:49 pm 1162684160
Yummy, I do exactly the same thing. I'll come back tomorrow. Or not. Most often not! When I find myself thinking about something three days later...I definitely go back. Most times by tomorrow I've completely forgotten about whatever "IT" was!