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Ask HN: Change my consumer's buying mindset.
Not sure if any of you guys have this problem too. Everytime I see a new gadget/toy/app, I would want to buy it and try. Most of the time, I dun need it, some times I know I can make a better one. But never I can get around it and actually go do it and deliver the better product to the market.
Not sure if you guys get what I mean. If you do, I appreciate some advice to get around this buying/consumer mindset, it is costing to waste my time and money on stuffs I dun really need.
- codeup 16y agoHave you asked yourself why you have this mindset? Is it for technical curiosity, social status, boredom or something else? Whatever reason you honsetly find for that, ask yourself how much of it is externally induced through advertising, colleagues, friends etc. Once you find this out, you will have made a first step towards knowing what you really need and spending your money on just that.
- iworkforthem 16y agoI guess I'm primarily externally induced by the advertising and technical curiosity. Either which are very difficult to cut out with YouTube, and the media. The pleasure side of having these gadgets/toys out-weight the pain of not accomplishing much with my apps. I guess I must find more leverage on the accomplishment side.
- codeup 16y agoIf the pleasure of consuming outweighs the pain of accomplishment, then what makes you think you should change ways?
- iworkforthem 16y agoThe pains of having paying all the bills out-weight everything!!! Even the pleasure of consuming! Wah la! You are good. :P
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