For a while now, spending money online has been my main weakness and the major way that I consume, aside from the weekly grocery shopping. (which incidentally I have been doing online quite a bit recently) I rarely go out to the mall or the shops, well maybe once or twice month if that and usually only for a specific purpose, to buy something such as school uniform, presents, specific necessary purchases, etc.
I haven't, however, stopped spending money and the main reason for this has been the online shopping habit I seem to have developed in recent years. I can be a real sucker for 50% off offers that drop into my inbox from brands I've bought from in the past and which prompt me to search the retailers' sites in search of things I really don't need or even want, but which sound too good to miss.
As well as spending money online, I also spend quite a bit of time online each day, deleting emails from sites that I am really not interested in, that at some point in time I've subscribed to. I rarely even open most of these emails and frankly I just no longer wish to recieve them.
This weekend, I finally decided to do something about it and as these emails come in, I am gradually working my way through and unsubscribing to them one by one. It feels great to know that I will no longer be tempted by their offers or have to press the delete button due to lack of interest, as I have been doing for months now.
Although it doesn't take a great deal of time to delete them, it takes time and time is precious and best not wasted on what is essentially digital junk mail. I'm not sure why I haven't done it before now, perhaps I thought it was going to be more complicated than it is, but once I got started and realised how easy it is, there's no stopping me.
Do you ever have a digital clear out?
Ah yes, every once in a while I unsubscribe from things, it's amazing how much it piles up.
ReplyDeleteI must admit I've never done it before, so as you can imagine there were quite a few coming through.
DeleteI have a digital clear out every few months. I am going to have to figure out how to do so on this tablet. Hmm, a job for when we get home.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I am still waiting for some to take effect, but it does seem to have cut down my emails a lot so far. Good luck with getting to grips with it on the tablet.
DeleteWell done.
ReplyDeleteI found it really was out of sight out of mind when the offers (for stuff I didn't need) stopped arriving every week or so. I found it to be an excellent way to stop thinking about wanting things, and not having this stuff in my mind is the main part of the battle.
I agree, I'm already feeling a lot less tempted to go to various websites that I might otherwise take a look at, plus there's a lot less to delete.
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