Shopping: My Addiction, Breaking the habit soon!
Hey all, I post often about decluttering and decluttering tips. I am not a minimalist by any means. In fact, a lot of my life, especially as an adult, I have had a shopping addiction, which often makes me broke. I am finally trying my darndest after talking to my family and my support worker to make a budget and actually stick to it. Past budgets have failed because I have not stuck to them, often forgetting to budget or getting kind of overwhelmed and giving up. Plus having a long time of a shopping addiction can be a hard thing to break the habit of because it is an addiction. I am not saying never shop again, but to stop the cycle of endlessly shopping and spending compulsively, because my shopping addiction is a compulsion. I have had a lot of bad things happen in my life, a lot of traumatic things. Shopping makes me happy, but I spend a lot if I'm happy, if I'm sad, if I'm upset, etc. Shopping doesn't need to be a crutch for trauma. There are many things I can do ...