Psychology Hacks To Control Shopping Addiction.
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Psychology Effects of Shopping.
- Shopping restores a sense of control.
- Shopping distracts us from anxiety.
- Shopping releases happiness hormone, Dopamine.
- Shopping lightens your mood.
- Shopping restores a sense of control.
- Shopping distracts us from anxiety.
- Shopping releases happiness hormone, Dopamine.
- Shopping lightens your mood.
Ways To Identify If You Are A Shopaholic:
- Do you spend more than you can afford?
- Do you go for shopping when you feel angry or depressed?
- Do you shop to feel less guilty about a previous shopping spree?
- Do you lose control while shopping?
- Do you spend more than you can afford?
- Do you go for shopping when you feel angry or depressed?
- Do you shop to feel less guilty about a previous shopping spree?
- Do you lose control while shopping?
- Has overspending created problems in your life?
- Do you find difficulty resisting buying unneeded items?
Hacks To Overcome Shopping Addiction.
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- Do you find difficulty resisting buying unneeded items?
Hacks To Overcome Shopping Addiction.
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1. Ask Yourself Two Questions: Do I really need it? Why do I need it?
- Spend few minutes trying to answer the above questions
- You tend to buy useless things emotionally and then throw them away
- Only if you have valid answers for the above questions, go ahead and buy them.
- Spend few minutes trying to answer the above questions
- You tend to buy useless things emotionally and then throw them away
- Only if you have valid answers for the above questions, go ahead and buy them.
2. Plan Your Purchases Ahead.
- Note down the things you want to buy and revisit that list every few days.
- Strike off the things you don't need. Avoid buying the things not on the list.
- It reduces your shopping cost to a great extent.
- Note down the things you want to buy and revisit that list every few days.
- Strike off the things you don't need. Avoid buying the things not on the list.
- It reduces your shopping cost to a great extent.
3. Make A Revision In Your House.
- Take few minutes a day to check the things in your home.
- Think what you had bought earlier and regretted later about the cost or not using the things.
- Realising how much you spend unnecessarily will put a check on your addiction slowly.
- Take few minutes a day to check the things in your home.
- Think what you had bought earlier and regretted later about the cost or not using the things.
- Realising how much you spend unnecessarily will put a check on your addiction slowly.
4. Don't Shop Hungry And Gloomy.
- When you are hungry, you would want to buy a lot of food
- When you feel stressed, you would want to buy everything to feel better
- To avoid that, never shop hungry or gloomy - you will end up spending lot of money to get satisfaction
- When you are hungry, you would want to buy a lot of food
- When you feel stressed, you would want to buy everything to feel better
- To avoid that, never shop hungry or gloomy - you will end up spending lot of money to get satisfaction
5. Collect The Bills.
- Make a habit of writing down what ever you spend
- Never throw bills, when you check them at later point of time, it makes you realise how much you spend on useless things
- It gives you a good motivation to stop spending money on things you don't need
- Make a habit of writing down what ever you spend
- Never throw bills, when you check them at later point of time, it makes you realise how much you spend on useless things
- It gives you a good motivation to stop spending money on things you don't need
6. Set The Limit.
- In the beginning of the month, set aside your savings first.
- Then, decide a limit on how much you can spend each weekend (or when you go usually shopping)
- When you go for shopping, take limited amount of money. Set a limit on your credit card.
- In the beginning of the month, set aside your savings first.
- Then, decide a limit on how much you can spend each weekend (or when you go usually shopping)
- When you go for shopping, take limited amount of money. Set a limit on your credit card.
7. Maintain An Account.
- Write down the monthly budget - list the profits, costs, understand how much you are spending.
- How much you are investing. Make a report for a year. It helps you plan your expenses and savings.
- Write down the monthly budget - list the profits, costs, understand how much you are spending.
- How much you are investing. Make a report for a year. It helps you plan your expenses and savings.
8. Find Another Stress Relief.
- Shopping will be a stress buster for most of us. Find other stress busters which works for you.
- Yoga, meditation, art etc., work better than spending money on shopping.
- Shopping will be a stress buster for most of us. Find other stress busters which works for you.
- Yoga, meditation, art etc., work better than spending money on shopping.
How about you stop dwelling on past and regretting your failures?
How about you take full control over your emotions, thoughts and actions?
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How about you take full control over your emotions, thoughts and actions?
What if you could design your ideal future yourself?
Get the book "Self-Sufficiency - 21 Days Program" here 👇
gumroad.com/a/832869491/vP…
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