stop spending so much money

At the end of the week if I have money I’ll find a way to spend it. I will spend it on something I justify to myself that I need, and I have a tendency to buy really nice things, nicer than what I actually need but something I need nonetheless (like the glasses I’m wearing right now). I’m always struggling with having enough and frankly I’m tired of it. If it wasn’t for this one thing I wouldn’t have anything to worry about that causes me so much stress.

Then you have an amazing author like Fyodor Dostoevsky. Purportedly he would gamble away all the money he earned. He said he did this because he liked the feeling of not knowing where your next meal is coming from, it forces you to keep working and striving, something to push against.

I don’t need that kind of excuse. If I can stop being Randy for a moment and be Frank, frankly the first good idea I had was to judge the things I’m buying on a need vs. quality basis. If I don’t have a lot of money I’ll buy a lower quality item that may not be exactly what I want but will fill the need(Wish I had applied that when I bought these glasses, there were plenty good enough cheapies right next the the designer ones).

I finally have a job and a steady paycheck and I just can’t save! I pay all my bills but I’d like to have some money for emergencies! I spend it mostly on food, eating out, and booze. I buy beer or liquor for parties I’m going to (Halloween, mostly) or I buy nice dinners for my boyfriend or my brother or my best friend-I gotta stop! I want to have money to do things like get my contacts instead of glasses, get my eyebrows waxed-girly stuff. And I can’t because I’m spending it on so much eating out.

I got paid on Friday and I still have a good chunk of money in my bank account.

That shit is usually GONE by Sunday.

I still have a few unpaid bills, but I like looking at my bank balance so I’ll leave it be for a few more days.

Ahhh.

How in the hell do you do this? What is the secret?

I just really need to start saving some money. Everytime I got some, I just spend it…on really stupid things…and at the end of the week I’m like…where and why did I spend my money? I wanna save some money to finally buy a new laptop…or a PSP or anything…BIG you know.
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.”

i simply just dont have it anymore.
and when i do have it i make sure i need what i buy and i spend it VERY wisely.

I’ve been working on this for years, and I seem to have made no progress. I can go weeks without buying anything other than the necessities, and then have a bad day and find myself turning to retail therapy.

I do not have the money to keep this up, especially this summer!!

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I’ve always had a hard time holding on to money when I have it. When I’m broke, I get by just fine, so I know I’m capable of living on less. I just don’t have the willpower or something! I’m trying not to go out to eat nearly as much (oh fast food!). I have to learn to save money!

i tend to spend my whole weeks pay in around 3mins
& i really need to start saving for my future
i need to give up on my underwear addiction