155 | The Physics of Spending

Spending is an expectations game, and some spending has properties that are hard to see with the naked eye.

There's spending that begets more spending - the gravity of spending.

The home renovation that demands new furniture and more maintenance.

The neighborhood choice that influences your landscaping, car, and school decisions.

The travel destination that raises the bar on food, accommodations, and activities for every future trip.

The initial decision has a certain gravitational pull that draws subsequent decisions to the new level of expectations.

Then there's spending in motion that stays in motion - the inertia of spending.

Restaurant and grocery routines.

Entertainment preferences.

Online shopping habits.

These come with a certain inertia that allow them to hang around as baseline expectations much longer than we may have originally intended.

The only chance you have against spending gravity is knowing about it before you get to the new planet because it's hard to fight it once you're there.

And a way to combat spending inertia is by experimenting with the thing that is in motion to see if it really has to stay in motion.

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