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thats weird because unless ive wanted a certain thing for a while a have no impulse to buy. I hate spending money and it takes a lot for me to want to buy things. I actually never buy things I don't need the only time I did that was when I was a child, it wasn't my money and I didn't understand need and want back then. Commercials do nothing for me.
I think it's about training yourself to frugal as well, usually negative experiences like being broke for a long time helps as well as not window shopping for a while. B/c I don't window shop, whenever I go into store I think "do I really need this? I have lived for x-amount of time without it." Also, having people with good self restraint that don't mind asking those questions helps. My biggest thing with big purchases is I never buy them on the spot.
I make bad purchases
i bought a 3 foot long fork…. I NEEDED IT!!!!!! it was only 3 dollars….. IT WAS A GOOD BUY!
When I first see something I want, I usually wait a week to a couple of months for the price to drop and to see if I still need/want it. I'm not a very rich person and I'd hate the idea of being broke. :<
Guys keep spending money… otherwise all the businesses go bankrupt and the economy tanks.
luuulz
I sent $50 on rabbit food and I don't have a rabbit
There was a cute bunny on the front of it
Excellent video, Thanks
I used to spend a lot of money and on different people , but when i tracked my spending using an iPhone app "spending money" by lokesh, i got to know myself better and now
I am very wise spending and i save a lot of money
My wallet was happy. It was well fed and had ample money to eat. But then steam sales, boot sales, fall sales, LoL harrowing 2013 skins….yeah… >.>
My grandmother tells me if you see something you want wait for a month if you still want it go for it.
i'm one of those people who want alot of stuff, memorize the price of it, put it in my cart, then start putting things out of my cart the closer to the check out i go, it bothers my friend who i normally shop with. or if i have a lot of money then i spend it on things i dont need but i like, example:eyeliner, a candle,paint brushes.or if im low on money im just really really picky.
ive wanted the same games for months, still havent bought them lol.
wallet before steam sale= obese
wallet after steam sale= anorexic
I feel this way but only about myself, if i have 20 dollars i wont spend any of it on myself, but before i know it ive spent half of it on my friend, he never asked for anything, but yet i end up leaving the store buying him things. i feel guilty spending money on myself though.
i saw a halloween bucket that i liked cus it has bats on it, my justification , its now a pencil and random things holder.
i bought a bunch of old books, i might not read them i just like how they look on the shelf :
I control myself VERY well. Even when I buy from a whim, it's because that day I gave myself permission to go into a store and buy whatever I feel I want. My rule is "If I'm going to use this at least three (3) times a month, it's worth it"
emotion tell you what you want not what you need. Â Emotions are drives in our lives mind you with no emotion you would do nothing at all. Â It is a balance of emotion knowing what to put it on and how to control it or work with it but it is a never ending battle, not to fight emotion but to work with it. Â I want the chocolate cake but i will gain weight which will win the pleasure of the chocolate cake or the logic, id vs super ego. Â to balance you work out or eat less so you can give your id what it wants within reason. Â I still end up eating that cake with or without the work out damn delicious cake.
My money goes to food and student loans….they own me
Is good
I'm not sure if I'm good with money or terrible with money. Since I'm 16 and my parents make quite a bit of money off of their jobs I never really had to worry about money and therefor spend anything I get from birthdays and other holidays on something like video games, but at the same time I always try to get as much as I can out of that money. For example my logic is usually something like "I could buy that new game for 60$ but at the same time I could also get 3 games for 20$ each." So yeah still not sure if I'm good with money or terrible with money.
Im good with money and I like to shop when I see good deals.
I usally even if some emotion thing comes in i usally try to either maybe give a thoght is this something i need, have use for? I grew up with devorced parents, my mom strugled to find work, and keep it. I think that made me fairly resourcefull. I was always a tech geek, i would usally find some way to reuse some thing sombody gave to me because it was old, something wasn't quite right with it, etc. I still try and use something to a point that it breaks down totally, or it's so far outdated it's potinial don't justify keeping it. I thinkl at least a few of my friends knew how to salvage/fix stuff the way i do.
After getting my AAS in network administration, i also kind of started to see things in other ways too. E.G a large storage aray from like 2005 holds 24TB of data for a 19inX2ftX6FT rack of equipment. I could easilly fit that amount of data into a shoebox sized device now. Power usage allone makes old sytem pretty much impractical.
I'm great with my money, I can hold back to the point of extreme frustration. I always let everything else go first (including, spending money on other people, also when it's not their birthday or anything), before buying things I only want, not need. But my money almost always runs out before that happens. Ah, the life of a student.
I cut my money into sections: needs, food, wants, and savings before u even touch my money. There was an instance last week that I wanted a haircut and I had to pull out a 20 from my savings accnt, but that is really uncommon. Aside from that one time, my system ussually works
My sister is like that which is really annoying lol. It would be ok but everything she takes out ends up in weird places(pillow on top of the candy section or smthin like that). Yea it's the employees job to put it back but y do u make more work for them
I have anxiety so when i walk into a shop i never really feel relaxed, therefor i never spend huge amounts of money, never! im hoarding it all, good in some ways, bad in others
If we only spent money on things we need we could all live on minimum wage. trying to avoid letting your emotions interfere is stupid.
it's because fucking advertiser force feed us bull shit
hmpf I need money to get anything
Im so fucking rational
Sometimes you have to learn how to save more money
What you say, 'the only thing you can do for now is become aware of it' is very true. Once you see the dynamic, you can break it
I spent $20 all on chips… wow
It's not my fault that there's so much awesome shit out there that turns me on, so of course I'm gonna buy it if I can. It's not my lack of impulse control that's to blame, it's the fault of all the awesome shit.
This host looks like Leonard.
One word: Materialism
Couple of days ago i went to a supermarket to buy an eraser, mechanical pencils and a cheap scarf. Changed my mind on the scarf. And I bought the pencils and eraser. Contemplated purchasing some sweets or snakcs. Maybe it's just my taste buds are neutral but everything seemed meh to me. It's a financial advantage when no incentive exists to purchase something
i dont have this problem with physical goods, usually. but with digital ones? Especially games? Oof. It's like its more important to buy a game now than to actually have it or play it. Its very satisfying to buy them, especially if Ive been eyeing them for a long time, but when push comes to shove I often end up playing the same games Ive always played, maybe 1 or 2 new ones and then i wonder when im going to play a, b, c.
But still when something comes up I want to buy, I will most likely buy it, even if i wait half a year to do so. And I may not even touch it for more than an hour or so once I have it.
Its weird.
Everyone keep spending money. My stocks keep going up, thanks.
I will save, save, save until I can splurge comfortably without breaking the bank.