I had my purchases all planned out. I’d researched them, swatched them, and I felt good about them. But now I’m second guessing every one of them!

This always happens to me; I feel totally paralyzed every time I have to make a purchase that isn’t a necessity (food, gas, rent). Even a purchase as low as $5 will have me agonizing over whether it’ll be worth the money, scared I’ll regret it, terrified of “wasting my money.” I’m a poor student but I’m not so strapped for cash that I should be doing this to myself every time I shop. I budget! I literally plan these purchases into my monthly budget and then get to the checkout counter and freak.

I don’t know. I work so hard to avoid wasteful purchases that I talk myself into believing every nonessential purchase is wasteful. I somehow need to find a balance in there.