All kinds of things have happened during my 7-month absence from WIP. In fact, already in January, I had a fun and psychologically significant week. Triggered by an article in a women's magazine about saving money and only buying things you need, I told my husband that I should do a challenge where I would spend 50 bucks every day for two weeks on stuff I wanted but didn't need.
He scoffed and said, "50 bucks? That's ridiculous. 500 would be better."
And that, my friends, is the story of how I got dared to spend 4500 bucks in nine days. (Nine days was what was left of the month, so it was a good amount of time.)
Here were the rules:
- For nine consecutive days, I had to spend the equivalent of about 500 dollars a day.
- I wasn't allowed to buy things just for others. I had to be able to enjoy the thing myself, either alone or with a friend.
- No buying things I "needed" and no buying random things just to reach the daily spending quota; only things I "wanted" or things that would "pamper" myself.
A few notes:
- I finished the challenge with great success.
- I didn't die (something that my psyche thought would happen).
- Each day was easier than the one before.
- Luckily, the better Lego sets have advantageous price tags.
- A hundred bucks feels like nothing now.
It was a challenging yet rewarding nine days. Going outside my comfort zone became a continuous act. The amount of neuroticism in my psyche diminished significantly.
I warmly recommend challenges like this.
RK out.
