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ChiSquare1963 t1_iy0xrg1 wrote

When do you spend? Can you avoid those situations?

I spend when I have too much free time, when I am feeling bored or lonely. I keep a list of free and inexpensive activities posted on my door and in my car. I’ve also purchased annual passes to museum, zoo, botanical garden, city recreation’s pottery studio program, etc. This morning I packed lunch and biked to the zoo to eat lunch with the lions. Kept me away from both online shopping and coffee shops.

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EfficiencyIcyy1832 t1_iy16ak8 wrote

After reading your questions, I was like... all the time, you must not know me. But after reading your example, I'm like.. you get it!! Thank you for that. It's true, I spend when I'm bored. Including work (from home). I know I need a more stimulating job, and maybe to enroll in grad school and upskill. Besides that, I can spend more time working out.

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ChiSquare1963 t1_iy1dzfy wrote

I have friends who volunteer as an alternative to bored spending. Walking dogs for the animal shelter, reading aloud at the Shriner’s Hospital, weeding beds at the botanical gardens….

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