A Reddit user recently experienced regret after spending $1,400 impulsively over a weekend on non-essential items. Seeking help from the Budget subreddit community, she learned about strategies to curb her spending behavior. One key suggestion was to delay purchases for 24 hours or even 30 days, allowing individuals to assess their true desire for an item. Additionally, creating barriers to spending, such as removing saved credit card details from websites, can serve as effective deterrents against impulsive buying.
If you find something you want to buy, you shouldn't buy it right away. One commenter suggested waiting 24 hours to make a purchase before making an impulsive decision.
Delaying your purchase gives you enough time to gauge if you really want the product. Thinking over the decision more removes the thrill of spending.
I like the feeling of buying things but have little interest when they arrive because I didn't really need any of it.
Remove all stored credit cards from apps, shopping sites, etc. You have to get the wallet out to enter card details by hand, which is a deterrent.
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