Confessions of a Frustrated Shopaholic

Today marks the day when I have finally let go of my role as a credit card holder. For the first time in 7 years, my wallet is void of any credit cards. My last one I surrendered to my sister just around 2 hours ago. I even asked her to cut it to pieces for me. Surprisingly, I'm pretty cool with it. I do realize that since I've started working already, there should be a certain sense of responsibility that comes with my new role; i.e. how i spend my time and money. Therefore, I know that letting go of the root of all financial evil was the right thing to do for someone like me who has just started working. For a girl who is greatly attracted by floral dresses, wedge shoes, leather bags, and other girly 'shoppables', it was terribly hard for me not to go into shopping frenzy as soon as I started earning money. It was so hard that I went through half of that frenzy anyway. HAHA. And because I so stupidly let go of my self-control, I learned how to save money the hard way. Don't ask how. I'm pretty sure that would be obvious by now. For about two months, I'm going to have to say goodbye to all shopping I could have had. Now it's time to go into desperate measures to save money. LOL

So..

Tomorrow marks the first day of a new lifestyle. Besides me not spending too much on many useless things, I have decided to change some parts of daily routine. First of all, no more late night bonding time with my laptop. I need to sleep early so I can wake up early the day after. Everyday, I would have to leave home by 6 to 7pm max. I must not extend at work unless I really need to. This means that I would have to leave the office by 5pm every day, which is a really good thing since it means I wouldn't have to eat dinner before going home. Instead of eating a lot during lunch and dinner, I'm going to take a lot of small snacks to lost a bit of weight. When I was thinking about this, the only thing that held me back was the fact that I was a nighttime person, not a morning person. I work better and my brain functions well at night. So I decided to give this new routine a try first, see how long I'll last before breaking my own rules like I usually do. Goodluck to me!