Choosing to buy something right now is a short-term buying decision.
Choosing to understand where it will end its life, turns it into a long-term buying decision.
Ask one question: Is it critical to buy this right now, or can I think about it again tomorrow?
If you can remove yourself from the spell of urgency (by walking away), that urgency fades, especially if it’s something not critical.
If you’ve ever received a sale email, thought it was something you might want to buy, then parked it in your inbox to look at later but forgot about it – that’s what this is. You can recreate that, and train yourself to actually want less stuff.
For self-employed creatives, normal business traps are easy to fall into and overcomplicate things - but they’re totally avoidable when flying solo.
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