• Rolando@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Or at least unsubscribe from Prime. That way you can still order stuff in case of emergency, but they bombard you with so many “come back to Prime!” messages that you remember how obnoxious they are.

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        1 year ago

        Thankfully I live in an area where I’m within a bus ride of a few general stores. Otherwise I like getting stuff from small vendors when possible

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        1 year ago

        While this is probably a joke I’ll answer it seriously.

        The trick with tricking your own brain is not to make something impossible. It is to make something annoying enough that you have time to consider not doing it. For your specific example if I struggled with buying too many things on Amazon I would probably attempt the following (depending on how pissed at myself I was). Each assuming the previous has failed to curb the behavior

        • uninstall the app
        • block the site using a browser extension
        • block the site in my router

        Nothing stops you from undoing any of these other than how annoying it would be to undo it. Hopefully by the time you are half way through undoing it you realize you don’t actually need a new guitar pedal. You just want to enjoy your hobby again so maybe it’s time to join an online community

        But like with all things in life, experiment and find what works for you