<prompt> Human: Hi there, new to this sub. And I seriously need some advice.Long story short, Im a 29yr-old software developer, living in Dominican Republic 3rd world country, who due to a number of personal circumstances only managed to graduate for my CompSci degree in January last year. Ive had a number of jobs through my university time but havent managed to hold one for more than 3 months, either due to lack of interest getting placed in a position where Im NOT doing what I was hired for, like being hired as a dev and getting sent places to train people in a custom-made software I know nothing about beyond my own intuition as to how it should work or co-worker dislike direct seniors and supervisors noticing my code is of considerably better quality than theirs, so they subtly undermine me and submit complaints behind my back to get me fired despite my otherwise company-compliant behavior.As you can imagine from the above description, pair that with my being a shopaholic and a compulsive AND impulsive spender, and its not a good equation.About a month ago, I started a new job as a quality analyst in a software company, getting the rough equivalent of US 650 a month overtime which isnt particularly good, but its decent for a new employee in my position here. In the past, I had the bad habit of forcing every other impulsive purchase I wanted to make on my credit card monthly limit of US 200, and pay it out entirely each time I cashed my pay biweekly, which meant that I was regularly left with less than half my pay, which I normally spent on maintenance for my car and other common expenses, leaving me pretty much broke at the end of the month.THE PROBLEMQUESTION: I want advice, suggestions and so on to be able to efficiently save money. What I dont want is advice laced with the usual accusatory tone parents in my country use to guilt-trip their offspring into saving, because it pisses me the hell off and even though I KNOW its the right thing to do, it makes me not want to do it. I know its childish, I know its stupid, I know its immature, just please try to bear with me here for a minute.Recently Ive been trying to reduce impulse purchases to a minimum, and to hold out on maxing out my card and waiting until the end of the month to pay it off, to ensure that Im left with a reasonable fund by the time I clear my regular monthly expenses gas, CC, food, cell and so on. So far Ive had mild success -- my card is not yet maxed out, I have a decent amount left from my biweekly pay, and from overtime payment and the rest of my pay next week I think Im gonna be getting a decent remainder to put in my savings account. Ive been trying to reduce expenses by eating cheaper food, going out less, and refraining myself from purchasing so much stuff like I used to. Do you have anything else to suggest or recommend?For what its worth, I can discuss more in-depth numbers and so on via PM if you need more info.Thanks in advance!nbsp;EDIT: For what its worth, Im actually liking my current job. The environment is awesome, I actually like the work itself, and I think the pays decent enough. Ive read all the comments so far, and I appreciate everything you guys have said. Thanks a lot!  <response>: You know you need to save money. You know you need to exercise more self-control. You know youre acting like a child. Youre almost 30, its time to grow up and not use those things as excuses. Thats my advice. As far as a suggestion on how to spend less, you could just leave your credit card at home and only use cash. Put some cash in savings and you just will be unable to spend it. When you run out of the cash you have on you, you cant spend more. If you dont trust yourself to have self-control with the credit card, that might be a good option for you. The better option is just developing some self-control. 