The article discusses the author's personal strategy for managing online shopping impulses known as the Checkout Day Method (CD method). The author selects one designated day each week to decide on purchases left in the online shopping cart, inspired by Amazon Day delivery scheduling. This method helps in assessing needs versus wants, reducing impulse buys, and increasing mindfulness regarding spending. The author also highlights the psychological aspect of the shopping experience, noting that simply adding items to the cart can provide a quick dopamine rush, even when purchases aren't made.
I’ve discovered a little trick that keeps me from hitting the purchase button so often (or at all). I call it the checkout day method.
The checkout day method means that I choose one day per week to decide whether to buy the thing I’ve left in my online shopping cart.
Sometimes just adding something to an online shopping cart is the dopamine hit I need - even if I never actually make the purchase.
It's a win-win: I get the stuff I want/need, and I get the empty boxes out of my house the same day.
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