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> it’s pathetic No it isn't. But that is revealing the issue: you tend toward the irrational. In fact, > How do I stop By realizing that there is no need for that, rationally. You want to buy new X, but you do not need them: _see the fact_ - they are per se useless and replaceable for their improper purpose of emotional release: to have X is just petty if you want to fix your finance. You can replace the feeling of that X with something free. If there is one stroke of luck of living in these times, is that access to stimula has probably never been so rich in options and free in cost. > trying to think of things to buy Think instead of things to enjoy. They are really, mostly free nowadays (even our presence here at Dan's is). Be faster than the other habitual pattern and replace it - if you think of something to buy, realize you are doing it and think of something to enjoy. Replace the thought. You are used to collect items: collect experiences instead. Realize that you can replace items with experiences. For that, one laptop is enough, a basic car etc. That thought habit is a mental pattern to replace, to replace with something that makes sense - the other does not, as you have to realize and in fact realize. (And about Amzn, if other people were unable to read this, I would add: Bzos is bald. And you do not seem to have stopped to consider that. If you want to buy from him - who am I to convince you otherwise. But he is bald (you should see that - it should be a thought stopper, a doubt inducer). And possibly the last person in the world who needs your money. With your money you vote: is that what you want to promote? The very fact that you shop there raises the question: how long have you thought about your actions? The single ones, the generic ones. Some people think you are supposed to evaluate your actions before doing them. You take a step back, look at what you do, and what you have done and what you would do, and judge them as good ideas or bad ideas, for what they are. I am sure you know mathematics sufficiently. If I shop from somebody with those traits, I have deliberately deliberated it, it is a conscious choice. Read these paragraph carefully, and understand them. If you want clarifications, we are here.) |
I was ordering from amazon 3-5x a week and when they locked us down in mid 2020 I was so disgusted by amazon getting filthy rich while my friends and neighbors were locked at home that I haven't ordered from them since.