u/ZiggyIsMySon

Last may I started tracking every time I resisted an impulse buy. Often it was small stuff (like buying lunch at work) but there were also bigger items (concert tickets, destination wedding, etc) and just seeing how much I almost spent makes me a little sick. I'm in my early 30s and knowing that I've been spending like this for a decade makes me feel so uneasy. Like I could have been so set, especially cause we're considering having a kid soon.

Part of me is proud that I got a handle on it since 5k is not nothing for me, and my partner noticed too how much less stressed I am about money. Just feel so like defeated that it took me so long to learn