Spend Less. Enjoy More.
Book Details
Author(s)Olivia Gregory
PublisherOlivia Gregory
ISBN / ASINB00923RYMI
ISBN-13978B00923RYM4
Sales Rank1,477,797
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
"I am a recovering spender.
This is no surprise to those to know me well, but I admit it does sting to air these struggles for public view. I do not know exactly when this love affair with spending first welled up within me—but I can pinpoint some moments when I recognized it with clarity.
Like the time I purchased a whole line of “all-natural†makeup, which promised to alleviate a whole slew of health problems, in addition to giving my face that desired dewy-fresh look. Or maybe the time I gave away bags and bags and bags of my clothes in the name of decluttering, only to gradually replace them with newer, more trendy ones. And quite possibly the time that I spotted a pair of sandals on a friend, went home, and ordered the exact same ones for myself. Or more recently, the time I signed up to run a half marathon (never having run one before!), with my earliest and most compelling motivation for this decision being the purchase of a new pair of running shoes.
See what I mean? I have issues.
Just to clarify—I do not think there is any harm at all in spending money. One must spend money to live. I also am not in favor of living a sourpuss life devoid of any enjoyment or pleasure. And I want to say that I have not spent more than we have. The real problem is not necessarily in my behavior; my behavior is just a symptom. The real problem is my motivation—the fact that, more often than I would like to admit, a driving force in my life is to make myself feel better by buying things. There is balance to be found here, but I have missed the boat on this tricky line to walk; hence, the writing of this little book."
--excerpt from Chapter 1
This is no surprise to those to know me well, but I admit it does sting to air these struggles for public view. I do not know exactly when this love affair with spending first welled up within me—but I can pinpoint some moments when I recognized it with clarity.
Like the time I purchased a whole line of “all-natural†makeup, which promised to alleviate a whole slew of health problems, in addition to giving my face that desired dewy-fresh look. Or maybe the time I gave away bags and bags and bags of my clothes in the name of decluttering, only to gradually replace them with newer, more trendy ones. And quite possibly the time that I spotted a pair of sandals on a friend, went home, and ordered the exact same ones for myself. Or more recently, the time I signed up to run a half marathon (never having run one before!), with my earliest and most compelling motivation for this decision being the purchase of a new pair of running shoes.
See what I mean? I have issues.
Just to clarify—I do not think there is any harm at all in spending money. One must spend money to live. I also am not in favor of living a sourpuss life devoid of any enjoyment or pleasure. And I want to say that I have not spent more than we have. The real problem is not necessarily in my behavior; my behavior is just a symptom. The real problem is my motivation—the fact that, more often than I would like to admit, a driving force in my life is to make myself feel better by buying things. There is balance to be found here, but I have missed the boat on this tricky line to walk; hence, the writing of this little book."
--excerpt from Chapter 1
