Raise your hand if you’re a little too complaint with this affirmation. 🙋🏻‍♀️!

I definitely have very little impulse control and it’s a dangerous combination when I barely make a salary to get by on. I went from making $36/hr to $18/hr from my recent job switch and I am still learning how to budget again. I spent about a year being able to spend $200 like it was nothing. After 6 months, I’m still learning how to control my spending. I take the saying “Money doesn’t buy you happiness” with a grain of salt. I grew up learning how to be stingy and I was never financially stable enough before my last job to spend freely. Now that I’m back to being on a budget, I definitely miss being able to buy something I like. Yes, material items that are bought with money can’t keep you happy, but it definitely makes me happy in the moment. One of the reasons I’m not married yet or have a dog yet is money. Weddings are expensive and caring for a dog is expensive. Money is also the reason I’m usually constantly anxious because I always hate dipping into my savings account to cover rent or necessary medical expenses. If I had more money, I could move into a nicer, safer place, without being bothered by loud traffic sounds (I live by an intersection next to two schools). I could sleep more soundly and be less stressed without the noise of car accidents, people yelling, and other traffic sounds constantly.

I indulge in what I can currently that gives me joy, but eventually I stop because usually those extra little gifts to myself add up. Bubble bath? Gotta buy the bubble suds. Candles? Gotta buy those. Coffee/tea? Gotta spend money on good barista-level drinks. Any hobby costs money as well for the supplies and even training. The only thing I hardly need to spend money on is quality time with my partner. That’s probably the only thing I don’t need money for. And yes, it’s worth more than anything material that money can buy. But, I’m just saying, I’d be less stressed and anxious if I was financially stable.