KagamineLen wrote:
I spent over $400 the past weekend on things that I did not need. I ate at nice restaurants, purchased nearly twenty new games, you get the picture.
Now I realize that I have only fifty dollars left to last me until my next paycheck.
I am a compulsive shopper. Once money enters my wallet, it disappears quickly. Usually on things I do not need. This is f*****g stupid, I know it is.
I buy material things because they are always there for me, and because I want to impress people with the massive game collection so that maybe they would want to visit me more often. This is the very definition of retail therapy. And it ends up hurting me more than helping me at the end of the day.
I am in the lobby of my therapist's office typing out this post. I see him in about five minutes from now. Wish me luck, this is going to be a very uncomfortable conversation for me.
I hate living with compulsive self-destructive tendencies.
Sigh...you gentiles and your spending sprees. Oy vey!
You need to meet a smart, jewish friend to help you with you finances.
I'm not being racist or stereotypical. I am jewish (by birth, I don't practice the religion), and I am fairly decent with money. I have no formal training, but my parents taught me how to be a smart shopper.
Don't even buy things to impress people. Doesn't work. Been there done that.
f**k everyone else, and live for yourself. Don't be weak. People will respect that.
And for f**k sakes, respect your money.
Respect it.
Money is sacred.