One of the harder things I've done

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:

1. For nine consecutive days, I had to spend the equivalent of about 500 dollars a day.  
2. 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.
3. 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:

1. I finished the challenge with great success.
2. I didn't die (something that my psyche thought would happen).  
3. Each day was easier than the one before.
4. Luckily, the better Lego sets have advantageous price tags.  
5. 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.