Losing My Urge To Spend Money
I just finished reading an article on making a move from spender to saver over at Get Rich Slowly and I have to agree with J.D completely.
Ever since starting to take control of my money and budgeting, I have lost most of my desire to spend. Sure, I still put aside some money each pay (10% actually) to buy whatever I wish, guilt-free, but most of the time I hang on to it.
I always think and re-think any purchases I make these days. Which isn’t to say that I live an unhappy and boring life, making myself go without. It’s that I want to go without. I enjoy having that money and watching it grow into a nice nest egg, much more than spending it on stuff that I probably will get bored with after a couple of weeks.
There are still many things that I still need and want to buy, but right now I have few urges to buy them.
I am starting to wonder if this loss of the spending urge goes hand-in-hand with someone’s decision to start to budget and desire to save. It seems once you are finally ready to make that decision to save and take control of your money, the urge to spend diminishes.
What do you think? Have you felt the same way?
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