I confess. I really really love shopping. Even if what I buy is as simple as a hair clip, or some snacks for my dog Leo, or a new hair color for Mom, or some vegetables which I plan cooking that day. Sometimes this impulse is way too much that I blow thousands of rupees. And the satisfaction of owning something, even if it be for a fleeting few minutes, hours or days( yeah this never goes beyond days :-P), gives me a high. As if I have accomplished something. How much I love treating myself and those around me!
Lately, am being very frugal with money and it is really taking a toll on me. When was the last time I bought something for me? Especially this week, I cannot even rejoice in buying small things as my debit card is locked. How I forgot my PIN? That is a different story! Too many accounts at office, bank, emails, messengers, PINs and what not. And I cannot have the same password everywhere. And I did use all those password management tools and funny thing is I cannot remember the password tool's password. God, am losing my memory! I could not remember by ATM PIN! Am growing old :-(.
First thing to do, get rid of all the emails except for one - Gmail. Get rid of all social accounts except for one - Facebook. No twitter, no orkut, no Google+ and no yet-another-social-network-site. No messengers except - Gtalk. No clutter. All this still means I will have to memorize at least minimum of 5-8 passwords/ PINs.
Secondly, I don't know how to stop me from shopping. Have been living on window shopping for a month now. My EMIs have not even started and here I am already worried about money management. How good were those old days, when all I think of was which mobile to buy than evaluating its usage, worth, cost etc. How good were those days, when I bought a DSLR, a decision which involved less than 5 mins of my time? I feel like am losing my freedom. Responsibilities...I hate them!
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