I Spend More Money When I am Bored
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It is 7:30am on a Saturday morning and I’m sitting here thinking to myself how I’m going to spend my morning (and rest of the day, rest of the weekend). I realized that most of the activities I can think of to kill time requires money (no surprise). I never really thought about it this way, but it dawned on me as I’m typing that I don’t spend as much money when I’m busy. Lately, my schedule can be illustrated below.
Since I don’t have time to do anything else in my life, there’s not really any chances for me to spend money. Today though, I find myself with free time and I don’t know what to do with it. I’m sure there are some of you that have a sort of “go to activity” when you have time, but I do not. So now I’m a little stuck, thinking about how I can spend my two relaxing days without burning a hole in my pocket.I can go to the library, but I can’t possibly do this the whole day. I can also window shop, but that will bring on more temptation to buy something, along with wanting to buy cold drinks because of the heat.
So what do you do when you have free time? Are you more tempted to spend money while you are bored? I know I am but hopefully there is a cure for all this!
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I’m the same way!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you don’t end up spending so much money
When I have nothing to do, those stupid Comcast OnDemand pay per view movies look better and better… I think I may have to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
Ugh, I need to get out more…
I think we all have the same problem.. too much free time means that we’re going to start spending money. I don’t have a lot of free time, but when I have it, I’m going to spend money..
Calvin: I hear ya
J David: Oh thanks for giving me another way to spend money even if I stay home!
Michael Fultz: Yup it’s good to hear that it’s a common problem. At least I don’t feel like I’m the only one but I did pretty good today
You should read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. I like the part where he talks about cash flow and how rich people buy assets (creating more income). Compared that to middle income who spend their money on liabilities. Tom (TRCoach)
TRCoach: I think I will need to! Thanks for the advice
I find myself thinking the same thing sometimes on the weekend. I do a lot of cooking and disc golf though, which helps me avoid costly activities. The temptation is still there however to go eat up a movie or experience a restaurant.
Modern Worker: This is amazing to me because I’m so busy I would think that I would want to relax when I get some free time. Instead, I aren’t used to the boredom and I end up thinking about how I can spend my money instead!!
this is what I am do when I am bored and don’t want to spend money.
library: I get a book, dvds, and music that I have not viewed/listened to. So that way I have a variety of things.
exercise: walking, running/jogging, swimming (if you have a community pool for apartment dwellers), biking, any sports based on what you have in your closet.
cleaning: cleaning out clutter in your home, possibly finding things that you have collecting dust and you can sell it on ebay or half.com or something like that.
bartering: you can make webpages or something like that, post an ad on craigslist and find someone who is willing to get a webpage for a service. Say house cleaning ect.
I pick up dvds from the library and watch them, read books, clean up home (takes 2 hours) and cook (another hour) after which iam dead tired. So sleep
Watch videos on youtube, google video. You can find a lot of entertaining and educational stuff there. If nothing, watch Discovery, National Geographic, news channels. I feel quite sad that my weekend is only of 48 hours.
Stephen: This is a great list of things to do! Cleaning is not something I want to do though!!!
Philip: Another great list like Stephen’s! Yup it’s already Sunday night and I realize my weekend is pretty much over! Time to go back to work (actually I’m working already!)