If you’re like most women, shopping can be a fun, uplifting experience. For some women, though, shopping can become an addiction that results in damaging emotional and financial consequences. If you’re struggling with a shopping addiction, here are some tips to help you deal with it. First, if your shopping is damaging your finances and… Continue reading Shop ‘Til You Drop? 10 Tips to Beat a Shopping Addiction
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Strategies to End Shopping Addiction
We are becoming familiar with the signs of shopping addictions: the “shopping to feel better” syndrome, the out of control credit card debt, the emotional rollercoaster. Here are a few ways to get a handle on the situation. Steer clear of temptation. Delay big purchases. Ask yourself if you really need that purchase. Find other… Continue reading Strategies to End Shopping Addiction
The Other Person is Never the Problem
Throughout daily life, you’ll encounter frustrating people: People who cut you off in traffic, people who are rude to you, and people who just don’t do things the right way. These are the folks you like to blame for your frustrations every time you feel slighted. But you know what? Those people are never the problem,… Continue reading The Other Person is Never the Problem
How to Budget: Avoiding Retail Therapy
In these times of economic downturn, it is crucial that people take control of their finances. In every adversity are the seeds of equal or greater benefit, and that includes the current economic climate. Let the uncertain times be a motivator for you to think seriously about taking control of your spending and your life.… Continue reading How to Budget: Avoiding Retail Therapy
Thriving During Buy Nothing New Month
October is Buy Nothing New Month (BNNM). Who knew? It was started three years ago inMelbourne,Australia. The organizers of BNNM ask consumers to think about the origin of the things we buy. When you see an incredibly cheap tee-shirt, ask yourself what the real cost might be in terms of human suffering or environmental destruction.… Continue reading Thriving During Buy Nothing New Month
Give Up or Go On? Eight Unorthodox Suggestions for Handling the Struggle
Jill Chivers, writing on myyearwithoutclothesshopping.com, discusses some helpful ways to make it through what she calls “the struggle times.” Whether dealing with over-shopping, work stress, depression, or other trials and tribulations, she suggests eight ideas for surviving those tough periods in life: 1) don’t make any major decisions, 2) don’t make it worse with other… Continue reading Give Up or Go On? Eight Unorthodox Suggestions for Handling the Struggle
Six Shopping Addictions and How to Curb Them
Here are simple strategies to help you deal with six various shopping pitfalls: the shopping channel addict, the drugstore junkie, the big-box store hoarder, the Target cart filler, the online over spender; or a Martha Stewart wannabe? Does one of these people sound like you? If so, check out these common sense approaches in this… Continue reading Six Shopping Addictions and How to Curb Them
15 (+2) Tips to Fight the Shopping Bug
From Shopping to Saving blogger Erika shares her shopping secrets for survival. She writes her “wants” in a notebook, which also serves as a money tracker, often finding that when she comes back to it, her urge to buy is gone. Erika adds purchases to her online cart and leaves them there, returning after the… Continue reading 15 (+2) Tips to Fight the Shopping Bug
Shopping Smart & Not Settling For Less
Do you shop when bored? Are there items in your closet with the tags still on? Do you find yourself wearing something only once? Blogger Janelle says she has made all of these mistakes, but now tries to make wiser shopping choices. With your own finances and goals in mind, Janelle suggests discriminating between fast… Continue reading Shopping Smart & Not Settling For Less
Say Yes to the Dress? Only If It’s For the Right Reasons
Saving money isn’t the only reason to walk away from a purchase. The Cashgab blogger asks, “What are you avoiding when you use spending money or shopping as a means to elevate your mood?” Some suggestions: a relationship in your life that needs repair, a new goal, a realistic assessment of a partnership or marriage,… Continue reading Say Yes to the Dress? Only If It’s For the Right Reasons