Earning money is real hard and it's a no-brainer. So basically what I do is I write down in a diary of my daily income along side with what I have sacrificed for earning that amount.
Yesterday night after finishing my own assignment, I worked as a freelancer from 12am to 2 am to complete an assignment based on electrical engineering to earn $20.
I wrote down in my diary - earnt $20 - sacrificed 2 hours of sleep, 2 hours of not watching netflix and put in mental effort when mentally I was exhausted.
Now when I would have the urge to gamble with that $20, I would just see the diary and would realize I am not just gambling with $20 but gambling with that sacrifice of time and effort which I'll never get back. And it has worked for me to a certain level.
What's your opinion on this......
This is quite interesting, haven't done this kind of thing and I am sure this is one effective thing to stop you from gambling but I doubt those who don't care about money and just wanted to have fun will be stopped by this kind of strategy. I have seen lots of construction workers spending their entire salary drinking with their friends while discussing how hard their work is. I think this all goes down to self-discipline. And you are disciplined on because you are able to control yourself even though you wanted to play gambling. Without it (self-control), even if you write tons of reminders how hard you earned that money, I bet it won't have any effect.