How I did it: if you simply postpone buying something you don't need, you find you live without it quite well.  the desire for instant gratification can be very costly. 
so you see a blouse or a scarf or a flat-screen TV or other unnecessary wants, if you just walk away and say to yourself "I'll think about it" before opening your wallet, you will find yourself with a larger savings account, and not so much 'stuff' weighing you down.  it only took me the larger part of a lifetime to figure this out, but a more simplified approach to the stuff we accumulate can be so liberating!

Lessons & tips: we don't need all the 'stuff' we think we need!

Resources: self-restraint is the biggest help here

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Dec 12, 2010, 06:22AM PST | 0 comments | 6 cheers