Tag: spending
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Boredom & Spending
As the old saying goes: Familiarity breeds contempt (of people). There is, however, a lesser known variation of this famous phrase (lesser known because I just made it up, feel free to spread it around): Familiarity breeds boredom (of stuff). Boredom can have many negative side effects: dizziness, weight gain, whining, grumpiness, and, perhaps most…
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Emotional Spending and Breaking the Habit
When I was a kid, I bit my nails. It was terrible. I was a chronic, habitual nail biter. I bit my nails mainly when I was stressed (which, as a naturally high strung person, was quite often). But there were other triggers for nail biting—loneliness, boredom, awkwardness. Pretty much every negative feeling a child…