http://www.accumulatingmoney.com/do-you-make-bad-financial-decisions-blame-evolution/ Because wealth is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.accumulatingmoney.com/do-you-make-bad-financial-decisions-blame-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-32990 Susan Smith Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:29:09 +0000 http://www.accumulatingmoney.com/do-you-make-bad-financial-decisions-blame-evolution/#comment-32990 <p>I think that lack of self control is the problem. A lot of people simply can't resist the temptation to spend an available hundreds or thousands of extra dollars at their fingertips. At the same time, we all need credit cards for everyday online purchases, booking plane tickets, etc. An option that has worked for me is obtaining a pre-paid card. Using this card I can make all the necessary online purchases, but because I have limitations, I don't have the temptation to spend beyond my means.</p> I think that lack of self control is the problem. A lot of people simply can’t resist the temptation to spend an available hundreds or thousands of extra dollars at their fingertips. At the same time, we all need credit cards for everyday online purchases, booking plane tickets, etc. An option that has worked for me is obtaining a pre-paid card. Using this card I can make all the necessary online purchases, but because I have limitations, I don’t have the temptation to spend beyond my means.

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