Why Did I Just Spend $100 on a Whim?
Because fitness, that’s why.
I bought a Fitbit. Back up, I’ve been wanting one for years. I’ll admit that their step counting is not always accurate. According to my gadget this morning, I walked 300 steps while driving to work this morning. However, the pros greatly outweigh the cons. It’s only a matter of time before I actually pulled the trigger.
But why now? Well, an office job severely limits my movement. Even when I was working with kids, I’d be walking at least 10 minutes every few hours, either with a break between clients or during session to get snacks or stretch our legs or whatever. But this, this is not that. And I love my job, but I also miss being that active. The Fitbit helps me remember to move and to track my movement.
How did we finance? With a budget as tight as ours is, making a splurge purchase like this is hard to reconcile. However, with my full-time job, I have a consistent paycheck to rely on, and I wanted to make one fun purchase before my side hustle money went to repay our emergency fund. So I took that week’s tutoring money and bought a Fitbit, headphones for work, and a coffee. The rest is put aside so I can buy the hubby one. With his shift in work, he also needs to be more conscious of his movement, and Fitbit has a cool interactive “team” function now, so we can challenge each other.
Sale. Sale. Sale. I also bought a Charge 2, instead of the greatest, latest edition. This meant that I got it on clearances at 30% off. Hopefully, when I get the hubby’s, it’ll be slightly more on sale, but if not. That’s not the worst clearance deal in the world.
The Charge is great, and I’m overall happy with my purchase, and after we buy his, it’s back to the grind of student loan repayment. I just wanted something to celebrate this momentous occasion, and something that I use every day is worth that price.
Have you ever splurged to celebrate an achievement?
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Yesss fitbit buddy! I’ve been using fitbit since 2014, and while I spent a year or so without one (because I was feeling like I was getting too constrained by the numbers and my “need” to get a certain amount every day), I ultimately came back last spring to start walking more. I’ve gone through a few different iterations too, from Fitbit One (the charge stopped keeping for longer than a day) and Fitbit Surge. Surge was great for my running, but with my arthritis, I can no longer run. So I’ve moved on to Fitbit Versa, which is a lot more stylish and cute, and I love it. 😀 If it motivates you to move more, more power to it! You’ll save way more than $100 on your medical bills!! 😉
I’ve had it for about three months, and I love it so much. It’s fun, and I got my husband one too, so we’re all sassy with each other on it. It’s helped me measure when I do (and don’t…) move, which is something that would have totally gone unnoticed if I hadn’t bought one before starting my full time job.
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I’d say $100 is a very reasonable splurge!
Yeah, we ended up getting my husband one, too. (Another post on that soon). So it ended up being a $200 splurge, but we bought them about a month a part so it wasn’t as huge a dent in our budget.