Avoiding the temptation to spend!

binaryuniverse

vouch0r wrote: »

i used to buy so much stuff and now im the total opposite.

its jus STUFF. it doesnt make you happy and thing like Tvs phones cars etc get old very quick and human nature is to get bored of them and upgrade

This is where I am at the moment. As Mr Spock once noted 'Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but often true'.

I've not upgraded my PC in quite a few years. Mainly as it does exactly what I need it to do. I don't need a number crunching CPU to run my applications
Similar with my phone. I had a Galaxy S3, which I was quite happy with, but wanted 4G. I upgraded to an S5, purely for that reason. Once the contract ran out, and EE were sending me the 'upgrade to new shiny' messages, I switched down to a sim only plan. Sure I could get an S7/8, but I'd be doing the same things I do with my S5... just ever so slightly faster, which isn't worth some £400 over 2 years to me. As long as the phone works, then I don't need to get a new one.

Also, I have one main bank account I use for spending and bills. Money saved (I move £600 out, the day after my salary goes in) goes in to my other, interest paying accounts, and is not treated as money I can spend. The debits cards are put away in a drawer at home. Not in my wallet. Therefore I live within the small budget left in my main account.

About 9 years ago, I barely had any money and wanted buy loads of things. Now I have a lot of money but don't see the need to spend it on needless upgrades/stuff I'll barely use.