Can writing how hard you worked for earning money restrict you from gambling?

[Ailmand]

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.

[ultrloa]

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.

[peter0425]

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.

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 .

[xSkylarx]

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......

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.

[imstillthebest]

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 

[Shiversnow]

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......

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.

[Danslip]

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.

[dothebeats]

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.

[alexsandria]

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.

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.

[dimonstration]

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.

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.

[Genemind]

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.

[Upgrade00]

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.

[MWesterweele]

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.

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.

[yanto@1977]

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.

[livingfree]

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.

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.

[dunfida]

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.

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.

[Betwrong]

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.

[Mumbeeptind1963]

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.

[Saisher]

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......

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.

[Question123]

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......

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.