Controlling Impulsivity | ADHD Information

I keep trying to reason with myself - don't use that last .00 in quarters for the junk food machine, you need bus money. Then my brain says ..ahh you'll get a paycheck eventually. But my stomach says I want something, who knows what..just something, and NOW. There must be ways to curb this..especially when I can outwit my own self 8(too late. bought the cheese-its LOLYum, cheese-its!  My weakness is those cinnamon bun thingies they put in there...  Cheese-its get me too though.LOL  I can relate to that conversation...  I try to never have cash on hand for that reason.  I can definitly relate to your situation. I too ride a bus to and from work and we have a soda machine at work and I have to save money for the bus ride home. And that thought always runs through my mind, when I'm dying of thirst I want a soda instead of stupid Ice Mountain water from those huge plastic bottle thingies..or whatever they're called *can't think right now* If you can, next time you go grocery shopping, buy some soda for you to take to work. Maybe that'll help. I know it's hard to try and stop the impulsitivity, we've tried. X3I also love the chips with the super-helping of flavoring they layer on there. 8(LOL I do the exact same thing. I think that I want to buy something but know i should save my money and then what do I do? i start thinking and I'm like "it's not that expensive,I'll just get this and then I'll be good about saving money for awhile". but do I save after that? no i always end up doing the same thing over and over with books or dvds or food or whatever it is. I need to really learn to control my impulses! ugh!! it is just so hard though!! any advice?Yep--no cash in my pockets--tooo tempting! The other thing is to try
and set a weekly "frivolous" budget--then when it is gone--it's gone!

I can reason this stuff through all I want, but....I suck at following my own
advice! It's exceptionally tough as a resident when the pay is
crap....*sigh*

When I first started dating my husband, he helped me with my finances, I figured out each weekday I was spending about a day!   Between a morning coffee, lunch, snacks, soda, and then supper!  Not to mention the weekend.

He helped me immediately start saving 0 - 0 a month!  I started buying lunch, sodas, and snacks to bring to work - if I didn't bring it, I couldn't have it.  I stopped carrying cash around - it's easier for me to resist using my card than to bring out the cash from my pocket.  And I would make my own supper rather than stopping somewhere to grab something.

It really didn't cost me that much more in groceries, I wasn't eating most of what I was buying at the store... somehow...