I know it's not something normal and should control my spendings because I have bills to pay and save up for my future. But that never stops me. And even if I don't buy anything while I'm online looking through websites I still out things in my shopping cart and let them sit there until I have money to buy them.
When I first got my credit card I told myself "I'm only going to use it for emergencies and pay it off right away". Ha. Who was I kidding the next thing you know I maxed out my credit card and I've only had if for about a year and a half and still haven't been able to pay it back fully. But I'm still shopping.
There are so many things I'd like to do like travel the world, go away school, move to California some day but with all the shopping I do I'm never going to fulfill my dreams.
So I had to take action and now I'm working 4-5 jobs and saving as much as I can. I've started saving little by little each pay check for the past two months and now I have saved about $400 which I think is great considering I didn't have anything saved a couple months back. Now I feel less stressed about not having money to pay bills. And I feel great having money saved, money in my bank account, paying bills on time and still have money to spend on myself.
And here are some great tips you should follow if you find yourself in a similar situation:
http://m.wikihow.com/Cut-Down-Your-Shopping-Addiction
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