Anyone else have a problem w/impulse purchasing?
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Thread Topic: Anyone else have a problem w/impulse purchasing?
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ME
I GET THINGS I DO NOT NEED AND THEN GO "maybe i'll need this later.. better buy it" -
My bank has an option to lock cards in a "manage cards" area. U might wanna log in to ur app or account or whatever you use and look around for something like that
That makes it so u have to unlock the card again to purchase sumn -
I'll look into it for sure. I thought you could/should only lock a card if you think someone stole your info— wasn't aware you can manage that at any time you want to!
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absolutely. for me it comes with fixations— i'll think something is really cool, and decide that i want to acquire everything related to it that i can, whether it's knowledge or a physical item.
i was actually the opposite way for a good portion of my life, though. when i was a kid i couldn't buy something without thinking about eventually getting rid of it, and where it would go from there, and then from there. the idea of something that i once enjoyed eventually rotting in a dump really scared me as a kid, so i would avoid the issue by not buying stuff a lot of the time. that's not a healthy strategy to avoiding impulse purchases, though.
both of us need to find a balance somewhere in our spending. what helps me a lot of the time at this point is to ask myself where else the money could go to ("this video game is two week's worth of groceries, i shouldn't buy it") versus the long-term satisfaction of an item ("this is a little more than i'd like to pay but i'm not spending as much during quarantine and i need something to do")
also yeah talk to your therapist they are better equipped to help than we are -
I can't control myself around those cute and fat stuffed animals if they're cheap enough. The five year old in me cannot resist.
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