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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......

^ Definitely right, earning money is very difficult to have even in a single penny. That's why if I am gamble and most likely I from sports betting. You can compute what you have earned in a month and how much you are willing to spend in gambling(win or lose).
If you think $20 is very affordable for you to take a risk in gambling, you can gamble on it. Always remember not to gamble your entire earning from your source of income. Just like me, I gamble 15% of funds from my monthly salary and sometimes my earning from this forum in joining the signature campaign. Gamble only what you can afford to lose.

Well this is your personal solution so I might not have much to say on it but I'm 99% sure, this strategy might not work for every other gambler. If you have a gambling problem go get that resolved totally by seeing a professional and not giving yourself self medication that might endanger you more. This might only have a temporary effect from the way I see it.

What then happen when you get an easier money (maybe as gift or charity) it simply means you'll spend them all on gambling since there isn't any note to remind you how hard you worked for the money lol. The best possible solution (obviously got the advuce from a professional) is to draft out a gambling budget and discipline yourself to follow that budget regularly.

You work hard to earn money, from my life experience hard work is not always rewarded, but anyway bottom line is that you work to earn, what you earned you spend for your needs and for your entertainment. There's no running away from that, you will spend money that you earn in one way or another. You can try to restrict yourself from some pleasures and to save money, but is it life? I ask myself that is that life to just save money and do nothing for fun? I say fuck all that, if you have some money and you wish to spend some on your pleasure do it, you can go out and spend money on a nice evening, dinner and movie and everything else, or you can spend money on gambling. It's your choice where you spend your money and never regret for doing something! If you need more money try to find more ways to earn them, saving will not lead you anywhere.

I think gambling its not good idea why you spend money on gambling instead, spend it on to your self like go out in evening and do the think what you gonna enjoy. Gambling its not good if you don't have enough money and you are very hard to earn don't gambling stay away from it because no one can be successful in gambling.

I have never thought about it in this way.If I think about it probably but I am not sure it will restrict me for gambling.When I think how hard I work for the money it should stop me but I follow another philosophy.After I divide the money for all monthly expenses adding a bit of them for unplanned spendings and some to save and if I have a bit of money spared I only use this for gambling.This has been my idea since always.

You can use that $20 to gamble, but you must realize that there is no 100% chance to increase the money from gambling. You can lose all of $20 in the gambling table sooner or later, and if you can accept that, then you can gamble with all of that money. Or you can use some money, for example, you only use $5 to gamble and see how good your luck in the gambling games. If you can get winning in the gambling games, then you will have more than $5, but if you lose, that will depend on how much money you are willing to lose.

I dont see it that way mate,because i have known people who is hard laborer meaning they really sweat just to earn money but still?they are going to gamble mostly half of the wages they received so there is no chance of having that in mind if the gambler is really living into it.i must say that this is applicable for the people that has control in their mind and life.

Actually, diary writing activity, or simply noting down your thoughts on paper, even for discarding them later and not in a diary, is known to have some positive effects on the mind and thinking. Popular psychiatrist and ex Harvard prof. Dr. Jordan Peterson has talked about this in one of his early videos:
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1819316608386321

Don't consider it a panacea though. The psychology of humans is something that's hard to comprehend and study. But for sure, writing what worries you down assists you in the process of overcoming it, at least to some extent.

That's your way to keep away on gambling but how would you take to maintain it? Can you live without playing it yes then it's best for you but if you can afford to gamble since you have another source to generate profit then it's better but don't get stress for anything and don't aim to win big since it's not possible in this area not unless if we hit the jackpot.

Indeed, if earning $20 was so hard for you, you shouldn't gamble with those money. You can gamble with $1 or $2, but not with more than that, during one day. And if gambling is of no interest to you, but you still must try out some games in order to make substantial posts for your sig camp, you can do it with much smaller amounts, or even with just faucet money.

Overall I like your post very much, but unfortunately I have no sMerits currently to award you with one.

We have our own battles when it comes to gambling, different approach to limit ourselves from betting, and different strategy to win in gambling. Writing is a good way to make yourself busy, and a good reminder for yourself that you can't just spend your money in gambling, because you spent 2 hours on earning $20 and it will only take few seconds to lose that $20 in gambling.

And when you get used to it (in writing) or whatever hobbies you have, you will forget gambling, and you will realized that you should prioritize doing something legit than betting in gambling which don't give you any assurance of making some profits.

Writing anything can help you to realize more than remembering by yourself so its a good move to identify how hard you worked to make that money and it can be spend in minutes on gambling.Ask yourself it is necessary to gamble when you can't afford for it then you can restrict your activities or atleast to minimum level which doesn't affect your financial budget.

Good thing that you do able to divert that urge of yours towards gambling into other things. That diary is a big help anytime you do see that where it made you realize that earning money
isnt really easy and spending it on a blink of an eye doesnt really seems worth i do say but it doesnt totally mean that you wont play gambling yet you can still play but
you should limit or set a particular amount and not necessary to spend all of that $20 which you have worked for.If you cant afford to lose then divert into other activities in times of boredom.

It is about the realizatiion of how hard you earn your money,

I think it is helpful enough to restrict someone if he do this. But for me, since I am also working in real life, I have experience how really hard it is to earn money, even without writing how hard I worked to earn that money I already have the realization and easily restrict myself from gambling.

We got almost the same situation this day, what a coincidence! I pushed myself to finish my obligations here despite of not having enough rest from my previous Mechanical Engineering board examination. I have a colds and flue, my heads are still aching and my eyes still need more sleep but I choose not to. I just sleep 3 hrs. AFAIR and start posting from late midnight until the sun rise this morning. I know it's very exhausting but I understand that's how life works. Money will not chase you, you are the one who must chase. It's okay nonetheless because it was self fulfilling after all, as long as you love what you do then all the stress you feel will easily vanish :).

If it works on you then this will be effective enough to stop anyone from gambling. If you have the experience of working hard, especially if you put a lot of effort for that work and your time, you will have the feeling of regret and you will think of the possible outcome of your game. That way, you will stop yourself from starting to play to avoid wasting the money you earned.

you had give me good idea here mate,because one of my closest friend is now starting to get involved hardly in gambling and all His hard earned Money is losing from every gambling games he was into.

while he was working hard in daytime(sometimes with overtime) after work all he do is either going to casinos or playing online and even his wife is really having a hard time seeking for solution.

this strategy might give positive effect and i will update you  if what happens next.thanks

Somewhat I feel you and TBH you are more lucky than me because you got a skill at least while I don't have any skill but only playing online games. Still finding a way to earn money thru playing until now :D.

I assume that you are a student and as a student, it is very good to hear that you are creating ways to earn as a student. I know some of the students who are happy-go-lucky right now. What they do are just spending money and not working.

Well, your diary can be your inspiration and at the same time make you more discipline with regards to your money. You have worked hard to get it and using it just for gambling isn't a good way to spend it.

Now you know how hard to work for money, this can be a chance for you to stop gambling and focus on freelancing, investing and saving your money for the future. Gambling in the long run will not give you any benefits. Just continue what you are doing right now :).

I understand what you means here that during our life we're earn money with full of efforts and sacrifice our time but sometimes it could be useless efforts because we spend our earning for gambling table even from weekly or monthly salary it only can spended less than one hour on gambling but admitted or not this is the fact and nothing to be sure in gambling but if you appreciate your efforts then don't gambling because seems this not suitable for you

It could actually help.
And it could also encourage you to learn more about something before putting your money into it.. . If it is too risky, you avoid. You try with little amount if you believe in your chances. Kids & "vulnerable people" should not gamble though.

Hopefully you don't get fatigue when lots of rewards/money start pouring in :)
 

I experienced epiphany when I used to gamble whenever I had some money in my pocket. I play without even thinking how it can affect my financial status, so I take a look on how I manage myself when I gamble and it makes me realized how I easily lost my money with one mistake. After that experience, I learned to consider what I've encountered in the past to ensure that I won't be ending up again being on the exact situation. It is the reason why up until now I set my limitation and control myself properly when I gamble.

If you are a beginner in gambling then I don't think that the daily money can be used up because gambling I am sure at the beginning of the first gamble you will lose and will not win because you have not how to play properly gambling.
But if you try it, just $ 20 may be enough for a start and you will get after playing gambling with the money, many suggestions here that have given you just do it well don't despair and do the best you can possible in betting your dreams can be realized.

It depends on the person, there are individual that they work hard to povide their wants like vices or addiction that includes gambling. Those kinds of people are just thinking only themselves without any regret of using their money in any ways.
Even if they experience the difficulty of earning money, they still use their hard-earned money for their own accord.

I don't think so if the gamblers really want to play then writing how hard he worked for earning money won't bother him or her to do what he or she wants to do. Especially for those persons that are already addicted to gambling. All things for them are nothing except betting, winning gambling is their only goals, none other than that. That's why I do not play gamble because I am afraid that I can be those people as well, that destroyed their lives because of that thing. The thing is, it is really wasted if the money you earned from hard work would disappear in gambling, the money that you worked for a long time, will disappear so fast.

If the money you make from your daily work uses all of it to gamble then I think you are a heavy gambling addict. Someone who likes gambling but also does not want to get into trouble in his life so he must be good at controlling the finances used for gambling.

Many people gamble for fun, not all money generated from their work is used for gambling and when they spend the time and money they make from real work for gambling, then I think it is one of gambler loss of common sense.

Sometimes awareness will make gambling addicts stop gambling but if you still want to gamble then my advice is you can use ¼ of the total money you make and it would be better in terms of maintaining your financial stability.

Not a chance, I literally write for living and sometimes I am so bored that I literally give a break on writing and start gambling to get my mind off everything, have a blank mind for a while and go back to work because otherwise I can't think straight with the million things in my mind, same with gaming, when I have a brain that is overclocking time to time (not that my brain is capable of putting 2+2 together without overclocking) I just game a bit and relax and go back to working again.

So, if you want to stay away from gambling or anything in life, find another thing to keep you busy meanwhile, something that won't hurt you, that is what I did with gaming versus gambling, when I needed to quit gambling I bought Fifa 20 (horrible decision) and played that for a while and I didn't missed gambling a bit.

I understand you my friend, it's very hard to earn some money working at a regular job which is my case
The good side is I work with computers, and can have access to this forum and post here regularly, and earn a decent amout of money with the signature campaign, and with this money I can gamble without any regret, because it's easier and I have pleasure working here to promote a campaign

I see that you're wearing a signature too, so why not gamble with only the amount you earn?

Using sacrifice as a term is too much. 2hours of work for $20 is something that anyone can't have. You deal with it without complaint. You accept the work without complaint. If you are using that term always, then don't work. Why complaint.

On a bright note, it looks like listing your income on your diary is effective and that stays you away from doing gambling. Then just continue.

But for me, no need to do this in my case since the first place, I know why I do gambling. I know what will be the results. I also worked hard on the money I'm using on this. It's totally fine not to stop doing gambling as long as we really know what we are doing.

Not all people who do earn here on this forum means that it is already an extra one, why? I do see some of them do make it already as a living.
Spending the amount in gambling wont really be a good choice if you're relying into those earning for you to live.So spending them unwisely
shouldnt really be done.Its a matter of self choice if you do gambler out the money that you had worked for the entire week.We know that it can
lost in an instant and making your entire week hard work would come to waste.

The method on op might or might not work on a certain individual because it will all always vary on persons self control.

If you do give important in all of your hard work then wasting up even a penny will always have that second thoughts in mind unless if youre that addicted much then you wont really do care and playing gambling in the end of the day.

$20 might not be big for most people on here but for some it is already a big amount for you to save on specially for your living and expenses.If you do have some extra then playing isnt bad as long you dont exceed on spending way more than you are earning.

Just be on limits and if you dont like to spend money then there are lots of activities which are enjoyable or can kill off your time.

Something else that I think about when I have the urge to gamble but I also know I shouldn't is something I'd like to buy myself that I can't yet afford but I can afford in time if I save whatever money I'm tempted to gamble with. If you've got something significant to work towards, that's motivation for you to keep hustling and saving instead of blowing your money on something that you'll get just a little temporary enjoyment from.

I think you need to understand the core principles of gambling, gambling is not all about putting in all of your earned amount ($).
When you gamble with your food, fare or budgeted allowances ($) i call it obssession.

Almost all gambling sites has it there that gamble responsibly, while some says Gamble with only your spare money.

Instead of reading your journal to define how you earned before you gamble, earn up first, save up later, then gamble at your convenience always.

Spending your money will always take you to that level of thinking of what you have used to attain that amount. It depends on your decision if you want to spend it on gambling or buy some items that you want to reward for your hard work.

It could be for leisure, pleasure or whatsoever of your choice. It is your money and this is just sort of decision making and affordability to spend it on anything you want.

Exactly! It it s the person's priorities in life where he want to spend his hard-earned money. So if you gamble that money, you should know the consequences. But writing how you earned that money will really help you in assessing the situation. It will give you reason not to gamble that money and spend it in quality items or experience. But if you want to have some fun, you either allot a small amount in gambling or find another avenue where you can have fun that is not involved in gambling.

When you decide to gambling, you will sacrifice everything ( time, family relationship and brain ). The result not always good and people have potential to come back with only " hope ". Now you have powerful reason to leave gambling, calculate again is your sacrifice worth with result if not find reason to leave and never come back again, ever.

In a way it is good idea beacuse at times when you are over boarding or playing too much gambling this written stuff might remind you about how hard you had made this money and how easily you can lose it . For people who play for fun might not be impacted for but addicted people this is a good idea to do it and might help them to reduce to an extent as well as it will always be reminding you about this written note .

when you are working its normal to sacrifice the time and some of your effort in order for you to earn some cash  so we shouldnt really count them  .  what matter the most is that we earn x amount and we gamble x amount too .  small amount is considered small amount depending on how much you can afford   . for me 20 usd is small but 100 usd for me is the ideal bankroll to be able to playmore and earn more    . i also work hard over 8 hrs on almost every single day but i dont care as long as i gamble  because it gives me entertainment and profit if ever i got lucky

That is s literal meaning of hard earned money, and you should not gamble that amount as it will not pass on the principle of gambling which is to gambler what you can afford or just risk and extra money that will not affect you if you lose it.

I admire your dedication on your job, you'll surely achieve more in the future then maybe that is the time you can enjoy gambling, for now, just keep that discipline to stay away in gambling.

This is a good way to tell your conscience not to gamble that much because the money that you have right now are the money that is come from your hard work and sweat. I don't have this kind of diary but I know to myself the all of my money are comes from my hard work and giving value to that is a must. We should not waste our hard earned money easily because in gambling you can lose it. Gamble only if you have extra money, and if you have save money for that purpose.

This can be an effective way for you to prevent your self from gambling. But still, even if you put an effort to do this, it still falls on you if ever you will let your urge to gamble drive-in or not even with that diary. By the end of the day, it still depends on how disciplined are you in terms of money and how you value the effort you had put to earn it.

There's something good for what OP is doing but it's not the best solution since even how long the sentences you write with that if your drive to gamble still there you will always find ways to play but if you are serious on your decision on not to play anymore then the  best solution there is to erase the gambling site in your  web history or delete the gambling apps on your phone together with always exchange your crypto to fiat and put it on the bank so that you cannot find any ways to gamble again.

well at least Gamblers will try to add chances?
though that is correct because we need to have control over lust and this will save us from losing multiple times.

we are working hard so lets value our money effectively .

That's a good and effective strategy. Sometimes, we have to remind ourselves that working just to earn money is really hard so we'll know how to spend it wisely. As for me, it's better if we'll allocate money for gambling only if we have more than enough to sustain our necessities.
We have to control our emotions and focus on our needs before our wants.

yes its always a good idea to track what you spend on a gambling site   . if you see how much you loose , you will think twice the next time you make a depo and maybe you will only depo small on your next play . earning money is never been easy , i work hard even on weekends and i rarely day off because i want to earn more  so that i can pay all my bills and debts   . this is why i dont gamble alot compare to the days that i havent have my family and are only depending on my own parents 

It really is helpful especially if you are trying to gain complete control of your self, it really is a nice practice because you can see what you are earning and you will feel a little disappointment if it is spent.

Well, it depends on how easy money comes and goes. On one hand, you earn the money(in this case $20) in hard ways and it is kinda understandable gambling this amount on the unknown outcomes instead of spending. Find the gold balance and never afford the whole amount you got from the work. Better spend the half and gamble with he left amount for the sake of psychology.

I know how hard it is to earn money but I haven't gotten to a point wherein I would sacrifice my well-being just to earn it. I live alone, have no immediate family and literally can buy anything anytime I like. The only thing that gets me pumped and satisfied every weekend is gambling, though only with little amounts. The thing is, I know how to control myself and I know when to stop, which renders a diary/summary of earnings useless.

IMO, having discipline and self-control would help you much more than keeping a tally of your expenses and profits. The latter wouldn't do so much if the urge for you to gamble is stronger.

It would also be better if you will proper manage your money that you have been get on the work as a fruit of your salary by just divide it into your personal needs and wants and the money that will left will be able to spent on gambling so that you are also enjoying your own money buy making and spending it on the thing you really want to do.
 Just like what you have been said, on the psychology matter it is always the thing you need to do in order for you to be complete just like what the rich do because they have a lot of money they have been able to do things that normal people cant do.

No matte rhow we list those challenge we'd been through to earn, those sleepless nights and tiring stressful jobs we do. If we didn't motivate ourselves to stay away or think of it we can't really restrict it. It's indeed discipline and self control we need to stay away from it. There we're times I already login and ready to deposit amounts that reminded me that these amount I'm about to deposit can be alloted into something much important that push me away from gambling sometimes.

Thinking of future expenses can help thou.

It's mind over matter so you will be the one who will control your emotions and urge to gamble especially when you're exceeding your limits. If that strategy helps you then just go on with it but you have to be mindful of your earnings. Putting your salary and earnings at risk will lead you into an uncertain situation so you have to think of the possible consequences before entering gambling especially if you only have limited funds which is just enough for your living.

The idea is to only gamble spare cash which you can comfortably afford to lose. If you earn $20 from an investment of time and effort then it's not an amount you can afford to gamble with.
Or if you wish to stop gambling outrightly then you have to apply other means of quitting. Your personal will is the most important factor. Counting your losses would help but it sometimes brings the desire to want to earn an amount of the lost funds and if one is not careful they could end up losing more.

Even you work hard its still depend to you if you want to play gambling, only you can control yourself from any harm that you might encounter. A greedy gambler have much more urge to gambling even they have enough salary or huge income , they still take the risk just even they lose tgeir money through it only just to satify their needs.

I think writing diary for gambling activity is not worth because most people focus on strategy and profit. Change your diary because journal, fill it with strategy, fixing mistake and result. I'm not suggest people to gamble but all activity that include money should have record, learn it and use it get better result.

Being aware of what might happen should be included to your next action and that is true.

The writings will make you remember how hard work you have exerted and what difficulties you get through it just to earn that money. So, it's gonna be hard for you to spend that if you took it with a very hard effort and you just can't ignore spending it somewhere you're not satisfied with.

If your urge or your aim to gamble would still be on your mind then you would surely play no matter what. Erasing gambling apps?
Blocking yourself on online website? Banning ip? All things are useless if you dont seriously minding on how to quit. Distracting yourself
into other activities might work but if that urge is still there then things will already next depend on self-control and discipline.
If you are serious in quitting then you can actually do it without those things.A simple goal set in mind will be enough.

Yet I think OP's strategy is a good one. Addicted gamblers, even mildly addicted ones, can't stop betting without a good motivation for doing so. We don't keep in mind all the time, how hard for us to earn a certain amount of money, and especially we forget about it when we are going to gamble. It's a fact that when we wright something down, it sticks in our mind, and then it's harder to forget about it or ignore it. Your motivation for not losing the hard earned money is always there with you, and that's a good thing.

Even I knew that gambling is not good, i'll still played because I can manage myself by not too much involving to it. Also discipline is the best way to avoid you from addiction, most of players limit themselves as long as they can but once they to much involve they become deeply wants more involving to it, but once you have discipline what ever you gain omce you reach youre goal its enough for you.

You don't have to gamble all those $20 but you can gamble a small portion of it, I'm not encouraging you to gamble but giving you a clear picture that a gamble can still gamble at even a small amount, because most gambling casinos, do not have minimum bet in fact I once allocated only $2 and still have the fun that I want but of course not the profit.

Earning money is really hard also in gambling because playing on it is very risky . Still be thankful that you earn money even that is $20 and that is good amount. Because count to think of it let's say that you spend 2 hours in gambling and you lose that is not good so if you win what ever the time you consume it still okay and good to you that you include your gambling journey in your diary.

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.

It is really hard to earn money by this time so seeing your money being lose in a gambling will definitely hurt you a lot. You know what, it is not really a bad thing to gamble but just do limit the time of gambling. Dedicate a little amount of money that you are afford of losing and ofcourse a discipline in yourself so that you will not be so addicted to it.

It could work if the guy is dedicated to following that diary stuff, but we all know gamblers they have hundreds of alibis and they will always make a way to gamble, whether they have a diary or not, they can just write what if I win this $20 could become $40 in just a short period of time and on an easy way if this is my lucky night.

It's true that earning money is very hard. Since we cannot get any money by just sitting. You really need to sacrifice something. I think, even though you jot down your hard work in earning those money. If you are in the urge of playing a gambling and you are tempted. You will definitely play gamble, especially when you can't control yourself.

Good idea but I don't think it would work on everyone.
Just like recording all of your gambling bets.
If they truely value their earning they would stay away from any vices not just on gambling,
But other would make some excuse like it is their only way to relax and enjoy their tine after their hard work.

so that means there are still the main reason is to control our desire from betting right?yeah having this written amount will justify some things but still wont help totally because our self will still the judge of what we can be soon.

there are many gamblers that pretending to be stopping but when being asked by close friend to go in casino?they cannot resist the urge lol.

It is surely very hard to earn money nowadays and losing it in gambling is very sad but how come some can't see that. It seems that some other people aren't saddened by their losses and still continue to spend on gambling. I guess people are thinking more about the possible winning but don't care so much of the possible lose they will incur along the way.

They already have too much engagement to gambling that's why they can't see that, like what you have said they only thinking of possibilities
to win a quick money and forget about the risk that they are taking. Many gamblers think this way, forgetting that in anyhow they will lose
and suffered from much bigger problem.

Yes, it is hard to earn money, especially in gambling, because we don't know when we can win and get the money. But yes, we can play gambling without expecting to win in the games because we know and realize that it is not easy to get the win. And if we can control and have discipline in gambling, I am sure that we can manage our time in gambling so we can enjoy the games because we don't have a reason to chase the win.

I couldn't really tell how hard it is because I really enjoy my work,
But I also consider it as a hard earn money since I also spend time and effort for it.
But this wouldn't really stop me from gambling because if I am being stress out from my work or family problems gambling is one way to relieve the stress.

The problem is that, there are people who are lazy enough to not write a diary. Also, many people do not walk the talk they would be able to realize their strive but it could boost them to continue gambling because for them that is an "easier" way of becoming rich, so that they won't again sacrifice just to earn money. These kind of people are dependent and are somewhat addicted to gambling, in which in this case, writing anything won't help them to quit gambling.
It is a good thing that you are able to divert your stress into such activity but it would be bezt, if you won't add anither stress whenever you are experiencing unlucky nights. Actually, gambling money is not easy. Winning depends on one's luck to be honest. Strategies would aid somewhat but for a long run, those who are lucky would get the win which simply makes gambling, not a source of easy profit.
The reason to this is one's fortune. Not all people would be lucky to win big time. There are many people who are pushing they luck too hard resulting to huge profit loss without their awareness because all they think about is winning, due to their frustrations.

It's hard to earn money but it saddened when your hard earned money loses in gambling. If in gambling gives you an entertainment it's good as long you have discipline in playing and have a self control when to stop when in lose. Just manage wisely your money for you to avoid big lose when playing.

If he is being stressed from his work and he decided to play gambling, I think that can give him more stress because if he loses, he will think about how to get the money. And if he cannot do that, the tension of the stress will become higher, and I cannot imagine what would happen to him if he cannot control himself to get out of gambling before he losses more money. It is better to have another way to relieve the stress, so we don't have to get another stress by losing the money in gambling.

Earning money wasnt an easy thing excluding to those people who do have inherited lots wont really care at all on how they would spend up their cash.
This is why they do play gambling without minding if they do lost that much or not since they do know that they do still have the money to play on afterwards.
Each people do have its own capacity in terms of financial aspect and we should be at least know how to handle it well and never be driven with emotions.

No. If you have that uncontrollable being down there, I doubt a simple thing like that could stop it. Though it may work on someone else, it entirely depends on how heavy the concept of money is on your mindset after all.

It isn't really a matter of lazyiness, just a matter of compatibility. Hell, I wouldn't doubt if someone actually used animals as a way to restrict themselves from gambling. Like how they keep themselves busy with taking care of their pets and the like. There's also a factor of insanity regarding those people whom think of gambling as an "easier" way of earning money. They somehow one way or another have a screw loose in their head imo.

Since you are enjoying your work, and you can earn that money, I guess that will be good if you don't use the money for gambling because you will never know how long you can control yourself. I think you better search for another activity to get the stress out from yourself, and maybe you can try with sports or go to someplace so you will have time to release the tension. That will cost you some money, but that is worth it if you try, at least, you can prevent the addicting that can happen to you.

Gambling is definitely addictive, so even with the hard earn money you earn in your job you can stake it in a matter of hours and this is a signal that you are out of control. So you have to be careful and always calm because maybe the next steps you can take will surely ruin your life.

there is a problem with what you wrote, I will explain using this:


what happens if you lose $20 because of gamble? you will start to get depressed and you may risk committing suicide. Many times in life when we take some things very seriously we start to charge ourselves in an exaggerated and excessive way

you will not accept that you lost $20, everything you see in your head Is that you lost $20, money that you earn of a lot of sacrifice and with that you will punish yourself for a long time

See, making money has never been easy for anyone. People work 8 hours a day for 30 days to earn a salary. Entertainment is a right that people have, you can take a small part of your salary to drink beer, to drink a good wine or to place sports bets. But don't be charging yourself too much


enjoy life as much as possible, don't be thinking things like: "my god, i lost money i earn with a lot of sacrifice". Don't think like that, make an effort to make money, but also have fun with the money you earned

This is great, we don't know maybe a lot of people or gamblers specifically might see this and could change them from their addiction in gambling. Gambling addiction is a serious matter because, it is rooted within a persons character and is hard to control especially when the addiction have been long and embed deep in the mind of a gambler. It is indeed a good strategy to first consider the things you sacrifice and will sacrificed before and after gambling so you could think carefully and most probably make the right decision you would never regret.

Well that's some hardships you got there bro even i wouldn't do task or job just to get a $20 reward and on top of that, it was a electrical engineering assignment. If you have brains like that you should go to college and study. So you can have a hobby and stay away from gambling if its destroying you.

You know gambling is just for the rich with extra money to burn or spent carelessly, so hard earn cash should be throughly carefully spent in necessities.
Also you have stated that you're a freelancer why not try doing some SEO stuff i think the hourly rate is $30-$40.

Disciplining yourself especially in a game such as gambling where there are maximum chances of getting addicted is a must to do a thing. You can discipline yourself in two simple steps i.e. limit your time for gambling followed by limiting your money. This is the only effective way of avoiding gambling addiction.

Realizing how hard it is to earn money and learn how to spend it the right way is a good thing. However, writing how hard you worked for a certain amount of money may not work for other people, but the good thing is it is working for you. We all have our own way of preventing ourselves from gambling some just think of their family and future and the things he really needs to keep moving on in life.

That's because it seems like you are earning more than you require in life and hence you feel like gambling is not a problem and you can gamble when you are stressed while the example in the OP seems like he works very hard for money and sacrificed his 2 hours of sleep which usually most western guys would never do for 20 bucks. Hence, I feel that knowing how hard it is for you to earn money can restrict you from gambling up to a certain level but that only works as long as you just earn enough for your needs. Once you are earning more than the necessity then the extra amount always goes into gambling/drugs or maybe other addictions and hobbies.

Hence, I often feel like hard working people are more active and physically and mentally fit.

That is a good way @OP of restricting yourself. I work a lot myself and have mouths to feed. I sacrifice a lot of my free time to work even more because if I don't do it, nobody will do it for me. It is easy to piss away money but if you remember the time and effort you needed to earn you might stop and think. Prioritize your family and put everything else in second place. You don't gamble if your daughter goes barefoot to school. Make sure she has shoes first and then treat yourself to some fun in a casino.  ;)

Thinking that you are wasting those money which comes from your hard labors will let you realized that you can use it to much better ways. Things will works especially to those who are concerned with how they are limiting their budget. It can avoid heavy too much engagements from this activities and will lead you to find other ways to use your money. It's about how will you convinced yourself that money should be use properly and not just for the sake of entertainments.

What just happened to you will definitely varies with other persons put into your shoe. Some are gamblers that wouldn't like to remembered what they gone through before they earned what they about to throw down to the gambling platform. Those especially with gambling problems, like addiction to gambling. These sets will go ahead to give the platform what they have suffered to get. Personally, these sets of individuals are disappointment to their own self and that of their family.

In my gambling life, whatsoever I get from gambling is what I invest back to gambling and not the other way round. OP did well and such decision should be applauded because they are very rare to exhibit. Haven gone through two hours of getten a job that fetched you such money, should be use properly.

That is what the thread is all about, making sure that how hard it was for us to earn that money will surely make you more hesitant to gamble that money.

I will share my example here and I hope it will help others understand, look I am someone who earns enough to feed my family but I never have money t gamble too much but last year I had a land dispute here which went in our way and we were given some massive amount of money as compensation for the land that was sold by a fraud person.

Now, once I get that free money, most of it was used to buy luxurious items but a large sum of money was burnt by me in gambling and that's where hard earned money would have never gone. Just because I got a lot of money without any hard work of efforts it was just wasted by me, hence realizing it is your hard work that you are burning in gambling will certainly make you feel like never gambling again.

Gambling should be fun with potential to also earn some money. The fact that I have to work hard reminds me that I shouldn't waist my money so I will not quit gambling but I will be careful how much I spend and not to cross the line. And I wouldn't spend on.gambling money that I need for my daily expenses but the amount I can afford to spend for my pleasure and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

We all have different stories on how we were able to earn lots of many and make it on where we are right now. If we are to gamble with the money we worked hard for, we should think about thoroughly cause it is our freedom yet we don't want all our hardworks go to waste as we end up losing in a gamble.

There are different types of gamblers, some are those who are wise while some are those who are already too addicted that they make careless decisions. As long as you gamble with your mind being active and not your emotions are taking over, you should atleast know where are the right places to put your winnings from gambling at.

Working hard for money will make you realize how to earn money thus, your mindset will change after working for money and your spending habits will surely change.

I have experienced this after graduation when I choose to work for money. I limited my spending and I choose the things that I want to buy right now. Working hard for the sake of money will change your ways of spending money especially in gambling. If you worked hard for it and you realized that you are always losing in gambling, it might change how you think and instead of using your money in gambling you will choose to save it or invest into other investments or buy your things so I can say that saving what you are doing for the sake of money thru writing it will help you not to gamble.

That's really a big help for you to overcome the urge of gambling. Not a motivation though but an influence for you to have some change of plan, decision at a current time. Well, there's nothing wrong either on betting it as it you did work for it to gain but the sacrifices behind it really burns your regrets of sacrificing your sleep over doing those assignments, what's wrong is that when you bet a money you just stole from your mom's pocket/wallet, 'cause there is a big difference between the money you work on your own to gain, and a money you didn't work for. Anyway, I love the idea of yours, really hooks me up as well.

But, hardships are important in life because hard times are nothing but learning times because you understand the value of money and the value of your talent. I mean yes I would myself never waste my sleep and wake for a 20 bucks specially when I am mentally exhausted but there were times in past when I used to do such tasks and earn money but those times just shaped me as a better person eventually.

Gambling is made for rich I can agree with that but if you actually do a survey you will realize the big percentage of people that suffer from gambling addiction are poor people because they feel gambling is their solution to monetary needs and they get trapped digging a bigger hole slowly and eventually realizing but it's too late by the time they realize it.

No mate, counting your money is a must,

You should know how muh you earn and how much your expenses. If you know this, you will realized that even a penny will be hard to bet or to gamble. Not because you work hard means that you should spend it on gambling. We should know to ourselves what is our priority and gamble only the extra money we have.

But this is not for gambling mate,year in real life we must write down our expenses but in gambling?it is better for us to just tell our self how much our budget for each playing and after losing we will go home

Same as the wining we should have enough amount of target that if we reach then we can stand on table and go home

$2 is a typical amount I usually win or lose daily. Indeed you can still have fun playing like that, because $2 is not nothing, but, at the same time, it's not the end of the world when you are losing it.

In fact, many casinos do have a minimum bet set, especially on Slots, but it's $0.1, or even much less than that, so, yes, $2 bankroll is enough to have some fun. The key is to not start chasing your losses in the case of losing all your balance, lest your initial loss turned into something like $20, which most of us here can't easily afford to lose.

It is easy said that done, we can always say that will only gamble using this specific amount to gamble at this specific time but once in and is at its peak of gambling they losses it. A person should have the strong will to discipline himself not to be addicted to gambling and only gamble what they can afford to lose, if one don't have it then rest assured he'll end up like everybody else who got addicted. We all know, well if not all then most of us know how hard it is to earn money but most of the time some few is too desperate to become rich and they risk it to gambling without really thinking of what the consequences.

Just like in a saying that money don't grow on trees meaning earning money should be acquired through hard work, that is why it is pretty hard for everybody if they keep wasting money on something that they don't really need. Gambling is really not a place to spend your money on because you could really lose a lot of money in gambling, but it is okay if you are wealthy enough to do that.

I think I really have to do that, too. If i think i need some pull off or out of control already. Making journal could somehow be a help.
That is a realization or a reflection that you are gambling with your own sweat. Your time, sleepless nights to earn and then you gamble that money which came from your own effort. There is no assurance of winning or doubling that amount instant like other gamblers are thinking. That is why gambling from your own salary isn't advisable.

I do not need to write such diary, simply put it in my own mind about how hard I earn the money is more than enough. As long as we are able to control ourselves then we will be able to stay away from gambling.
Even if once you think that you can earn the money in the easiest way, you will be still able to stay away from gambling if you can control yourself. So the key is ourselves, not the writing or other thing.

Glad that it's working for you, but I doubt if it will on the compulsive gambler, in fact they are working doubly hard just to get the money they can use to gamble, some gamblers are even resorting to stealing and other criminal activity, without thinking of the risk of getting caught, all they are thinking is how to get money for gambling.

Yes and that is why even though more and more threads in this section are made but I always feel like if even a single person is learning through each thread then it is worth to make such threads and the point made is very true : Are you gambling the money you earned awaking nights and putting tireless efforts? I would never gamble money made that way.

Gambling ultimately was made for the higher society people who waste their money in drugs and other addictions so to grab some money from them via casinos. I don't know anyone who makes money by such tireless efforts like working non-stop for 2 hours in night will ever gamble.

They're not concern to whatever it takes but just to keep playing the game, there's differences between people who are playing some might find this strategy to work in order not to lose too much money, keeping all the records to remind them how hard the labors that they needed to receive their payroll and to lose it inside gambling is really ridiculous.

No one can be "wealthy enough" to lose money. Rich people make big bets, I mean really big ones. You can bet with 10 BTC at once on some sites, which means you can lose 100 BTC in 5 seconds. No one on Earth can easily afford that. So, OP's words can apply to rich people as well.

On the hand, even someone poor can have fun with gambling, provided that he/she is losing within one day less they can earn in one hour with their regular job.

Each of us have our own way to deal with the desire to gamble in my case I prefer to focus on my goal, I want to retire early, it seems to me that most people in my country have accepted as a fact that you are going to need to work until you are seventy or even for the rest of their life and they keep spending their money on useless stuff as if their money was unlimited or as if they do not care, I prefer to keep the majority of my money and invest it in something like bitcoin.

Then from now on, you should refrain from doing gambling but start now to plan, work and focus on a stable investment.

That purpose of yours restricts yourself from doing gambling which is actually very good. No need to remember your previous action just what OP did just to discourage him from doing gambling.

But you know I can say you are a casual gambler so it's easy to withstand your gambling desire. I'm a regular gambler but even with a desire to have a business or take OP's way to prevent me from doing gambling, I will still do gambling because the desire is always there. But no worries as I can control myself different from those who totally fall on gambling addiction.

Absolutely not.

People gamble their money because they don't want to work hard for more money, that's the entire system—easy money.

If people cared about how hard getting the money was, they wouldn't spend it on stupid crap like designer clothes, the latest iPhone or tattoos that cost $5,000 a pop.

There is absolutely no relationship between the time-cost of money and the odds of somebody gambling it.

Indeed. Most people nowadays don't want to put a pressure, effort, and a lot of time on their work that all they care is to earn money easily. It is the reason why people take the risks to gamble at the casino or in a online casino to earn huge amount of money easily, but they all end up losing a lot of money and become aggressive. Always remember that money don't grow on trees meaning that you should be working hard for your money.

Taking notes on what you earned is obviously very helpful but what I admire is your indomitable will to fight the urge to gamble, not many have that kind of discipline.

You're right, self control while gambling make any individual to withstand gambling addiction and self will to fight against inresponsible gambling. We'll have our individual level of gambling, some gamblers will remember how hard they were able to get some stash of fiats and be caution of how they intends to use the money. While some addicted gamblers will not ever think about how difficult they earned what they are about to gamble, which can be loss to the system. Those sets are the ones who can gamble while borrowing.

Personally, I will remember how difficult I earn my money and be more caution of how its be use for the family. Actually, am a gambler but with consciousness of loosing to the system when gambling. Am able to control my will power towards gambling and most importantly, gamble for fun and not to earn from gamble.

This description suits gambling addicts, or compulsive gamblers, but not most of the gamblers, and, surely, not most of the people. Problem gamblers constitute from 2% to 5% of all gamblers, depending on country, and gambling addicts make up only a part of that:


It is very important to keep this in mind to understand that something like "I'm just like the rest of the people", coming from an addicted gambler, is, in fact, a false excuse.

I think this is partially caused by the debt based society in which we live in, in the past when you could only spend the cash you had in hand people were more responsible with their money as they knew that if they ran out of money they will not receive more until they got paid, but since now you can pay almost everything on credit people now have a distorted view of their finances and instead of thinking on what they can actually afford they think on whether or not they can make the minimum payment on their credit cards.

Actually no. Yes, I work hard for my money but I also know my limits. I gamble for money that I can afford to spend and that isn't necessary for my everyday need. And it's my decision what will I do with my money.
As long as you don't exaggerate and waist your money you don't have to feel guilty because you gamble. Besides, gambling should be fun and joy not something you regret.

The percentage of gamblers who are addicted to it is not that less which you have mentioned. There are almost 30% to 40% gamblers who are in one way or another are addicted to gambling and the irony is that most of them don’t understand that they are in the addiction and on the verge of bankruptcy.

They would only realize when they do already experience hardship into their lives.Its common that most people would just ignore that they are already addicted with it.
Theyll just continue as they like and as long they do have money into their pockets.They would just simply think that they do have job to compensate funds being used
for their gambling activity.Restriction would vary on each person because if you do think up sensibly you wont end up on addiction and you do just play for entertainment
and doesnt go beyond that or thinking to get rich on gambling which is the main cause of addiction.

so far as I know it is true that not everyone can get lucky in the gambling world it's just that they can get a lot of profit from gambling maybe also because of the experience of gambling so they can find the right way to be able to make a lot of money from the gambling world.

Gambling is more about luck and less about experience and skills, this is what my experience has been. To win some money in gambling, there are no ground rules or strategies. Few basic skills one need to get hands on, rest is what fate has for you. I personally follow my instincts but this work for irregular players.

Gambljng is more about luck. Not all gambling is about skills and knowledge.
Writing how hard you work for the money will not stop you to gamble if you really want to play. People are risking their money to win big.

Actually, not all the times, there are people really that works too hard just to buy some fancy stuffs for them to look richer than they are. Some people gamble just for fun and it exceeds the fact that they could earn.

Moreover, it depends on the person's perspective on why he/she gambles and work hard for earning money.

But for me, what's clear here is that people, even those that are working hard has the possibility to gamble. I know some persons that work for technical jobs and allot money to play sweepstakes everyday to test their luck. Well, that is still considered gambling right?

Maybe the OP will make more than $100 if he/she stopped whatever he was doing and play the game he likes. The gambling is about the risk and reward, the probability of making money should be over the probabilities of losing money. If the last one is over the first, I will also do the same thing and will sacrifice my Netflix watching hours for work.

Each nad everyone who gamble to add some more money to the wallet in one way or other sacrifice. The sacrifice can be his hard earning, time spending with the family and children, time of physical games and so on. Without money no one gets respect and people give more importance to gambling as it is the only source through which it is possible to earn money in a short without much of work done (if lucky).

Maybe such a writing as done by OP will help his child know how hard is to earn money. By the time they'll also come to know more about gambling in a short than experimenting.

Some people who work hard will not use the money for something that they don't need because they care about their money. Sometimes they will use it for a small thing in their free time like to spend that money with their friends, and they pay for the food and drinks. But some others will use that money for playing gambling. But some people use money from their job of playing gambling because they want to earn more money, and that is not recommended. You should appreciate the money from your hard work.