I was just thinking about this today as DH and I were trying to find dinner - we have one benefit working for us in the fight against spending money. We live in the middle of freakin' nowhere. By choice, mind you. I would not trade it for anything. But really, we have a mom and pop store 5 minutes away, but it's 15 minutes to the nearest chain restaurant, fast food, grocery store, movie theater. Granted, that's not very far, but it is enough to stop us from jumping in the car and going, which we did a lot more when we lived in the city. Don't feel like cooking? Run to McD's on the corner (it literally was on our corner!). Bored? Run to the mall five minutes away.
Now if we are hungry we have to find something to make. We only have one place that will even deliver food to us out here (not that we ever even utilize it). If we are bored, I take the kids for a walk down our quiet road, go out to tend my garden, read a book, etc. I do not shop now without a purpose, even though I still do enjoy an occasional pleasure shop - it's not something I jump in the car to do to fill my time.
So how does this apply to anyone else? Well...is there any way to make it harder to get out? Make it less convenient. Freeze your cc. Don't shower (tee hee). Hide your car keys. Find an alternative. You might just surprise yourself with what you can come up with
the benfits of no opportunties...
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