8 Money Experts on How to Curb an Online Shopping Habit

Tips for getting the urge to buy under control

Anna Goldfarb
Forge
Published in
5 min readMar 5, 2019

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I knew things were spiraling out of control when I had to create a spreadsheet to keep track of all the packages arriving at my doorstep.

I’d fallen prey to a few online sales over the holidays. I’ve usually been able to keep my mindless consumerism in check, so I…

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Anna Goldfarb
Forge
Writer for

Writes about relationships and pop psychology for The New York Times, Vice, and more. Author of “Clearly, I Didn’t Think This Through.” Lives in Philly.