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I've posted on here about my spending habits it's not that I don't have the money or in debt but it's getting to point I hide my purchases and feel guilty for it I do a lot online but just recently I've become a regular picking up things from local shop and they know who I am I've found it rather embarrassing now and I've told myself Not to order anymore as I hate picking up anyway at the minute it seems to be working.i got lots of support on my last thread so wanted to know if anyone else is in the same situation I've done the whole declutter crap but I bring in and I send out at minute I have quite a few what need to go but adding to it I have a new baby on the way so mores coming in could you add your spending worries to this post let's support each other !

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I tend to shop a lot, now that I do it online. Once upon a time, I would think I “needed” something, but by the time I got to the shops I had forgotten all about it. Now, it is more or less instant. Buying on a whim is just far too easy.

All from the comfort of our own armchairs and you don’t even need to look in your purse to see if you have enough money before you get to the checkout!

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Don't I know it.so easy to spend online !

Impulse buying's really common Afrohair, and even if you are well able to afford a purchase, when you know it was a frivolous one, you tend to feel quite guilty afterwards, for sure. I think we all do it to some extent or another, and I bet there are more people than usual doing it right now, when the Covid19 effect is making us look everywhere for something that will make us feel better.

It can help if you really examine how you feel when you make that purchase and how you feel afterwards. There's the wanting, because you believe that whatever it is will make you feel better, a few minutes of happiness at having the thing, and then a feeling of dissatisfaction again, especially if it was an impulse buy and not something you've hankered after for years and saved to buy. If you can just call those feelings to mind before you buy, it can stop you even doing it! Well.... sometimes anyway! 😄

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