#13: Think On It
One guy posted his trick for avoiding unnecessary spending, and it’s genius. If he thinks he wants to buy something, he waits a month. If he still really wants that thing by the time a month has gone by, then he’ll go ahead and buy it. This is such a smart trick to play on yourself. How many times have we impulse-purchased something way too expensive that we’ll never use?
By depriving yourself for a few weeks, you can see if you’re still thinking about that special item or if you completely forgot about it after you plopped it in your online shopping cart. If you don’t give it a second thought, you probably didn’t want it that much in the first place. Treating yourself is nice, but this guy’s advice recommends quality over quantity. We’d have to agree!