by Daryl Ashley
Confusion Solution
“I’m a busy mom and teacher with a TEMU habit. Help!”
You are not the only one facing the popularity of this new shopping platform. It offers an extremely desirable experience both from the standpoint of variety and cost. In order to minimize your Temu addiction, you will need to ween yourself off slowly taking small steps until you are feeling you once again have control.
Try to limit your purchases to once a month. If that isn’t doable try once every two months. Schedule days on a calendar for your next trip into Temu land and stick to it. This will help to make those days something to look forward to. Create a list of the items you are intending to buy on your next shopping day. Prioritize your list and then divide your list into four sections. This will allow you to purchase only those items in the first section as those will be the most important. Try not to add on if your new list is small because your next scheduled shopping day won’t be that far away
Assign a budget specifically for shopping Temu. Since I don’t know how much you spend, just try to cut that total in half. This may prove to be automatic once you start using the list of items you are planning on buying.
Each month review your habits and your budget to see how your experience has changed and explore where you can limit yourself further. If you do get the urge to buy outside of your new schedule, take a drive or a walk, go to the gym, or play with the kids to get out of that head space. It will take time, but you will benefit greatly by reducing the dollars you spend, limiting over-crowding in your home, and having more time to enjoy your newfound freedom.
It’s as simple as that!
