LOH Community Contest #168 ~ Work in Progress

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Direction of life, what would you like to see altered going into this year?
Planned improvement in education, lifestyle living, and personal progress.

Let me give us a little story, a few days ago, while I was going through my WhatsApp status, I came across a beautiful handbag that got me excited and the next thing I was doing was imagining the bag on me when I went out for an important occasion, the reason for me buying the bag wasn't because I do not have handbags but because the handbag was beautiful and because I felt I needed the bag too.

I didn't have any spare money for the handbag because, in my list of to-do things, the handbag wasn't in the plan, but I knew I had my daily savings which were enough for the handbag at the moment and I was ready to go break the savings and damn the consequences just to acquire that beautiful black bag.

In my personal goal/lifestyle goal, one of the things I said I was going to work on this year was my "Habit of spending lavishly and buying by impulse" I mean the effect of this habit dawned on me during the festive period when I was out of cash and couldn't access anything when I thought back to the times I had enough and to spare, I thought of any tangible thing I got with that money I had, and saw none. I realized that I became an addict and because of my habit ended up wasting resources that would have been put to good profitable use.

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Well, back to my little story, I was able to tame my over-excitement, put my emotions into check, and think harder if I had any need for the bag at the moment and the answer was NOPE! The funny thing is that my daily savings were for something different, something already planned but at that time, I was ready to overlook my plans just to get what I wanted at the moment, momentary satisfaction.

Luckily, I was fast enough to beat myself in consciousness and give myself a thorough pep-talk about why I do not need the handbag now because I had other bags that could go and just focus on pushing my little daily savings because of the need I have for it in the next six months.

I felt proud being able to stop myself from spending or buying by impulse not because I didn't have the money but because it wasn't a need, so I am hoping and praying that into this year, I could proudly beat my chest and say I have followed up and worked on my habit of spending by impulse.

It's not going to be easy, because I am that sort of girl, but I am hoping that I would love to see that part of my lifestyle altered going into the year because it will save me so much "Had I known" and money too. It's not going to be easy I know but I am going to take the step one at a time until I can minimize my impulse spending habit.

This is my entry to the Ladies of Hive Community Contest #168