351: Here's What People Buy When They Spend Impulsively by Kristin Wong

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🗓️ 3 July 2017

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Kristin Wong shares what people buy when they spend impulsively. Episode 351: Here's What People Buy When They Spend Impulsively by Kristin Wong (Improving Habits). Kristin Wong is a freelance writer and journalist who writes for Lifehacker, Mentalfloss, and New York Magazine. She frequently covers travel, personal finance, and human behavior. Kristin launched her own blog, www.thewildwong.com, to write about life as a work-from-anywhere freelancer. She aims to help other creative entrepreneurs navigate the tricky world of freelancing, from managing money to traveling the world to staying productive and getting stuff done. Kristin is a self-professed money geek and is slated to publish a book about personal finance in March of 2018. The original post is located here: http://www.thewildwong.com/impulsive-spending Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.8	It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal finance daily episode 351.
1:04.4	Here's what people buy when they spend impulsively by Kristen Wong of the
1:08.8	wild Wong.com and I am Dan your host here on the show. I'm here each Monday through Friday,
1:13.5	reading to you from some of the best personal finance blogs on the planet.
1:17.5	And to keep things minimal for this minimalist Monday, let's get right to today's post
1:22.0	as we optimize your life.
1:24.0	Here's what people buy when they spend impulsively
1:31.0	by Kristen Wong of the Wild Wong.com.
1:35.0	Work is crazy. Your schedule is crazy and you feel like you're going crazy.
1:39.0	You attempt to buy your way to calmness, so you hit up your favorite store or you hit the buy now button online.
1:45.0	Somehow you feel a sense of satisfaction, relief even.
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