The 30-Day Rule

Waiting a month distances us from the planned purchase emotionally, filtering out any impulsive decisions.

Waiting for 30 days before making any purchase makes us use our discipline, foresight, planning and restraint, and would feel exactly like curbing our urge to eat jun...

1. Review your spending, taking an inventory of all your purchases. This provides a better understanding of where the money goes.
2. Start to look at what all spending can be curbed (it will be a lot) and one can start small, like by not buying the candy at the grocery store while waitin...

For more expensive items simply choose to wait 30 days after your first serious impulse before buying the expensive item, provided that it’s not an essential or emergency need.

Use that time to do a little research and make sure you actually want or will use the item, and also give i...