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[Shunneddune]

I live on a fixed income...but I also not necessarily a hoarder but I have enough soap shampoo tooth paste and deofor abyear...I have 4 bottles of laundry detergent ten cans 99f Coffee and a two month supply of tobacco..I know this can't be healthy..I know I won't need buy these things for awhile and it's money I could be spending on other things or bill. How do I get myself to stop

[Shunneddune]

oh I have five tablets 3 phone two tvs. One still in the box..yyi Could go on on but you get the picure

[012703060610]

So I think it's about time. I tend to go way over board when I have time and access to the web. Hey amazon, how is your day going? How much money do you want from me today Mr. Amazon? Oh wait, I forgot I already bought 50 bags of goldfish for my kids but another 50 no big deal. My husband and I have three kids so 5 people to account for. We collectively own 9 tvs, 6 iPads, 5 iPhones, 2 android phones and enough supplies for the apocalypse. However, we are very tidy and orderly so no one would know how much stuff we actually have. We both suffer a bit from OCPD (a little different than OCD). Kids shampoo.....oh wait, they out grew using kids stuff. When I realized I've gone off the rails which happens a few times a year, I take a look and start to declutter other things that may never get used and feel OK due to donating all of the time. We too live on a fixed budget and have to maintain two homes for medical reasons. One on the East and West Coast of the country. My two suggestions: 1-is there anything that could replace your time with shopping? 2-can you get rid of some of your things and/or even sell them. In a really bad period I have had to sell some nice things to make the money back and that was a tough pill to swallow. However, I don't think having a year's worth of something I too much. Especially when it's things on the regular like detergent and toilet paper. I honestly think my habits got worse once COVID hit and at the time couldn't get baby wipes. Hang in there. I get it 100%! I have been spending way more time on this site in various forums which has helped with spending!

[Shunneddune in reply to 012703060610]

Yeah I didn't do this until COVID hit but controling my spending..I suddenly had so muchextra money and I guess I just went overboard...I need to try to get back on the boat

[012703060610 in reply to Shunneddune]

Chalk up another thing that we all got impacted by the pandemic. OYE. You are right though, we weren't doing things so the money was there and now that's over. You have inspired me to do much better! Thank you for posting.

[Midori]

I can get like that, I have to take stock regularly, then decide what to buy. For me it's always having at least 2 of everything, especially Passata, Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned beans and sauces. I had to live with 2 kids on a very small income for awhile, and my husband kept me short of money.

I don't go and get loads of toilet roll, but I have a couple packs of candles, rechargeable batteries, and light bulbs, and I'm quite good at making things do double duty.

Cheers, Midori