How to Observe Buydays

Consolidate non-essential purchases to fewer days.

Adding buydays to your calendar (1) prevents impulse purchases, (2) reduces decision fatigue, and (3) improves planning/budgeting.

Paydays naturally complement buydays. To avoid a false sense of abundance, consider alternating payday and buyday weeks. For example, if your employer pays you on even-numbered Fridays, you could observe "buyday Fridays" on odd-numbered Fridays.

Tips

• Block Amazon and other money pits via parental self-controls.
• Most purchases are impulse purchases. If you have enough savings to avoid urgent decision-making, do so.
• Queue items on your /wish page. Publishing your desires makes gifting less wasteful.
• Volunteer in your community on buydays. Engaging your humanity makes superfluous spending less attractive.