What do the takeaway impulses give you emotionally? Do they fill a need? Are you too tired to cook? If its the first, you need to get clear what it is and then find an outlet for that that doesn't involve money.
Unmet needs can twist themselves into something quite unrecognizable so try to dig deep, maybe with the help of meditation or writing. Word associations do the trick for me sometimes. Or just letting the pen flow. I think handwriting is important there as it connects to your brain differently than typing.
Don't judge or shame yourself for whatever comes up, take a step back and act like a scientist who finds yourself interesting but isn't passing a value judgement on their findings. (Look up metacognition if you want, that is the concept of watching youself think, it's very cool and helpful).
If you're too tired to cook, mealprepping can help. There's loads of websites out there that will make a plan for you if you want. For me, I try and make sure to have as much variety as possible and always plan one fridge cleaning meal at the end of the week to use up bits and bobs. Usually it's veggie soup, but a veggie pasta also works, as does a curry.
bought his shoes new but the rest I’m getting second hand.
final push now, I have 4x £300 payments and 1x £100 left to make. I’ve also managed to open a savings account which currently stands at £1250. Looking back to when I joined this thread up to my eyeballs in it, it felt like this would never come, and I believe the government have signed off the nhs payrise so that’s a massive help
