Birdie dog
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- Jun 19, 2015
I imagine the answer is yes, and that it's probably how a lot of us ended up here, but does anyone else struggle with spending as a coping mechanism? I feel like emotional spending is my downfall. Nothing huge, but there's been some stress for me lately and I'm never more tempted to spend than in times of stress/ sadness/ anger/ etc. How do you guys combat it?
There are definitely times that I want to shop. The desire waxes and wanes. I think when I divorced, I was determined that my life would be "better" not married than when I was and I wasn't going to be "poor". I wanted my kids to live lives that were what they were used to (hence my first budget idea all those years ago was a Christmas club that I still keep). I think somewhere in my head having things became synonymous with living a good life. Now I realize that a bunch of stuff is simply a bunch of stuff and a good life will be keeping my money for things I really want - mostly travel.