If we just look at the word “Shopping”, it appears quite harmless. It is an activity which most of us enjoy and brings all our families and friends together as well. However, recent studies have indicated that shopping – be it online or otherwise has led to highly addictive and disastrous consequences.

What most of us fail to acknowledge is that shopping is based a lot on our emotions. There are many moments in which we tend to shop simply on the basis of our whims. With the advent of internet and technology, we are able to shop everything online. So even when we used to consider to physically go and shop, that has been eliminated by the onset of online shopping. Because of this, a lot of us are shopping more than required.

Here we suggest simple ways through which you can curb online shopping :-

• Keep a focus on your budget – remove a separate portion of your income for shopping and do not at any cost exceed the limit set by you.
• Unsubscribe from all promotional mails – we all tend to subscribe to all promotional mails that supply us with occasional information of coupons, sales and so on. All this cumulates to the entire addictive shopping exposure. Thus, it is essential to unsubscribe from all these mails so that you are not faced with the itch to go on such shopping events.
• Clear cache and easy access to all your favourite sites – attempt to moderate your online shopping by obstructing internet entry to your favourite shopping sites. Ensure that you always clear off caches so that you are not tempted to visit the advertisements that keep popping up.
• Mute all notifications from shopping apps from mobile devices – shopping apps serve as catalyst for shopping addiction. These apps have made it easy to shop. There is also very little chance to think about your purchases. Hence it will be better to either mute or even delete some of the shopping apps.
• Use retail therapy as a reward system – you do not always have to go on a strict routine. You can reward yourself with some retail therapy after you have successfully achieved your goals. This will motivate you to further stick to your plans in future.

Online shopping is good but only in limits. By following these steps you can definitely the money you have saved.