Do I need the item now or can I wait?
This is a question I personally ask myself whenever I buy big-ticket items. If something is broken and needs to be replaced as soon as possible then chances are I shouldn’t wait, and neither should you. But if something is still hanging in there and puts you at no kind of risk then perhaps you can wait a little while to buy it. In the meantime you can focus on budgeting, moving some funds here and there in order for the purchase to not become a huge financial blow.
The rush of buying things is something far too many Americans are struggling to contain and you must actively seek out to stop this impulse in order to be mindful about your shopping cart.
