Modern society offers a huge number of useful things for human use. And all this is perfectly advertised, so I want to buy everything and more. But this approach leads to the fact that funds are spent quickly on those things that are not needed at all. The ability to control desires will help solve these problems.
With enough money you can buy any things, but not all of them will be useful. After all, human needs are limited, he does not need three toasters and four washing machines, even if each has a unique work system. It is important to realize that you just need to make life comfortable, and it is important not the number of objects, but their convenience.
Shopping Priorities
Sometimes an abundance of small things leads to the fact that it is difficult to buy something big. Or you have to take loans to buy a home, a car. And here it is important to learn how to prioritize your desires. To understand what is really needed from what you want, you need to perform an exercise.
Take a sheet of paper, sit in a secluded place and write in a column all that you want to purchase in the near future. You need to consider both large and small things, even a pair of socks can be included. Sometimes you have to ask your loved ones for advice if shopping decisions are made at the family council.
When the list is ready, look at it carefully. And begin to cross out what is not too necessary. For example, you want a new phone, but the old one was bought recently, and it’ll be enough for another six months, so the new one should be postponed. Also, you don’t need a second microwave, mixer and multicooker if such things already exist and they work. But even if they are not there, think about it, but is it really such an important thing that you cannot do without? If you correctly approached the assessment of the necessary, then the list will become 2-3 times shorter.
For the remaining things, put importance. Rate them on a 10-point scale, where 1 is the thing without which it is now impossible to do, and 10 is what you need, but can wait. Rewrite things as necessary. And now buy only them, and in the order that you created yourself.