[Gruntina]

Its funny how before I became “aware” that I could change my financial standard operation, I was living from paycheck to paycheck and incurring debts. I thought it was a huge sacrifice to give up my truck then. And then with time, I gave up cable and gym membership, then it was to cutting my spending on clothes. Then when I think I could not save more, I cut out on excessive food and eating out too often. The thing is for me, it was gradual for me to live my life the way I do now by being frugal. There is no way I could have done this overnight.

The point I am trying to say is that the reverse can be gradual as well into increasing your spending habit and when its done little by little with gradual increase, I might overlook my behavior pattern and all of a sudden put myself in a bad position with out of control spending and going back to paycheck to paycheck.

Maybe if you keep track of the "wants" you are spending over the years to see if you’re off track or if you are still on track of your financial goals and then you would know if you are crossing the line with the "wants".