What we've adopted lately:Instead of consuming upwards of 40 ounces of soda per day, I now have Soda Saturdays. Instead of soda, I drink water the 6 other days of the week. As a side-effect, the soda is significantly more delicious.
In a cost-cutting measure, we discontinued our Netflix. Not forever, mind you, but we've agreed that we can resubscribe (or buy other movies) once we have watched every single movie and tv series in our collection. We grossly underestimated how many movies and stuff we actually have. This is going to take a while.
Instead of frequently eating out, we may now go out to eat once a month. Like the soda saturdays, this has resulted in us savoring and enjoying the experience much, much more. As an added bonus, I also get to consume a soda during this outing. It's awesome.
Most of this is the liberal application of something called 'creative deprivation' to our lives. The idea is that the more you do something, the more you take it for granted. On the other hand, when you look forward to something, plan around it, and have to wait for it, it's that much better.
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