dar127
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Buy fewer things I don't need
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Week 8 of 8
dar127 commits to:
not buying more of the things I already have alot of and don't use very often, including shoes, makeup, clothes, and other accessories. Spend more money on others, and make purchases MEAN something.
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My Commitment Journal
 dar127
March 3, 2015, 5:47 PM
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| When I tallied up my purchases last month for February, the total came to some $800. This is absurd. Granted this included a $170 hair treatment that I consider "essential", but still. So I've decided I'm going to half that amount, with purchases at around $100 a week. It's March, and I've already spent something close to $150. Yikes. I think I'm going to have to spend a lot less time on eBay from now on. | |
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dar127
February 24, 2015, 3:20 PM
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| What can I say. I love buying things. I know it's a rush I get from the purchase of these items, the anticipation of waiting for them in the mail, opening them up. The very least I can do at this point is vary my purchases, so that at least one item I buy every month has a practical use (furniture, kitchen equipment), and also limit things to 1 $50 purchase a week. | |
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dar127
February 17, 2015, 5:17 PM
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| Major fail. I've bought more things on eBay (shoes, a bag) and even bought more things from Urban Outfitters. I think it's time to face up to the fact that I have a serious shopping problem and just don't have the income to maintain it. I spend so much time looking at things to buy and worrying about running out of money (which I inevitably do) it's mindboggling. Plus I rarely get to adequate enjoy my purchases. I'm going to just limit March to one Sephora purchase, and perhaps one eBay purchase. A maximum of one purchase per week, and keep selling things on eBay. | |
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dar127
February 10, 2015, 4:46 PM
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| Not enough time has passed for me to say I'm successful at this. It's only the 10th of the month and I'm essentially down to my last couple hundred dollars. And I have to go for a kerating treatment. This is not doable. It's not sustainable, and it's not healthy. I'm also coming up soon to a period with a lot of financial pressures, to put it mildly. I simply can't keep buying these things. I need to tackle this thing now. | |
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