Habit or Laziness - Which Costs You More Money?

[Broken Arrow]

Re: Habit or Laziness - Which Costs You More Money?

For me, it's habit more than laziness. My biggest vice is probably dining out, and I believe I do it because I enjoy the experience of going out to eat more than I am lacking the energy to cook for myself.

[nanamom]

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Do we do thing by habit because we are lazy? I'm not sure you can separate the two. Because I am lazy I ... and then it becomes a habit which I won't change because I am lazy.

[PrincessPerky]

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Ill ditto Nanamom, I am lazy, and that brings lots of habits that can cost mony. Being lazy is a habit..

But I also agree with LRJohnson, habits can be good. It is a habit for me to reach for the water, healthy and frugal, course it used to be a habit for me to reach for the pop. 5 years ago I would have made fun of the current me. Water, fruits, no caffine, lots of walking/swimming, and even a daily made bed, what a health nut/neat freak! But slowly over 5 years I have become that...guess I shouldn't make fun of people!

While habit saves money, laziness can keep us from turning bad habits to good habits.......

[veronak]

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Sorry guys but I have to say both. 50% went towards plain 'ol laziness. I always ate out, never wanted to learn how to cook. The other 50% well habi, always shopping..I could not stay out of the stores, always wanted something new.

[Lemony]

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Put my choice down for "lazy." Most of our wasted money is spent on drive-thru coffee because neither of us felt like starting the pot, or take-out dinners because I didn't feel like cooking. Granted, we do our best to just suck it up and save, but when really lazy days hit it's a major blow to our pocketbook.

But... my opinions change when we're talking about smokers. In a smoker's case it's definitely the habit that will send them to the poor house. An average smoker may spend $120month! I'm so glad I quit last January (*pats self on the back*)

[getforfree]

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Being frugal requires doing some work that lazy people would never do:

Hanging laundry outside so save on electric bill
cooking at home instead of ordering pizza
doing repairs and maintenance of your house yourself instead of hiring someone
looking for the best deals--even if it means spending hours online checking the store adds, requesting freebies and printing coupons
shopping in a few grossery store instead of one
make your brain work hard and to look for the ways to use less stuff and still get good results

And I think that people who don't even want to do something exta ( at least something) to save money, either have too much money or just plain lazy.

[PrincessPerky]

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Lemony congrats on quiting!

Being frugal requires doing some work that lazy people would never do:

I have to disagree, I am lazy and I do some of those things...

I was thinking more on this last night, as I lazily avoided doing much of anything (though honestly I blame it on the reading induced migrane that I still have) I think lazyness is just plain to broad a range of options.

Lazyness prevented me from driving to a 'thing' saving on gas.
Habit made me add a can of tomatoes to stretch the beef for tacos, though honestly we only had one , that is just poor planning.

So both saved me money, course habit also had me online for an hour wating time and money.
Lazyness had me avoiding the stack of paperwork here, not sure how much that will cost, but I really have to mail stuff to mom and my bros girl.

[lrjohnson]

Re: Habit or Laziness - Which Costs You More Money?

Jeffrey:

Did you argue habit or laziness? Have you now won your argument?

Please report!