A person who is addicted to spending money.

This type of money addiction is caused by deep personal problems. The problem with a spendaholic is that they are missing something in their life. They have a great big hole inside of them, and they need to fill it with something that costs money.

A spendaholic just can’t spend enough money to fill their personal void. The old adage that “money cannot buy happiness” is true. Nevertheless, the spendaholic keeps trying to purchase it with new cars, new homes, clothes, eating out and the list goes on and on. They don’t seem to be able to discern need from want.

Spending money makes the spendaholic feel in charge, special, emotionally comforted, wanted, respected, needed, and, again, the list goes on and on. They’re convinced that those feelings should be fulfilled by some external source and do not realize or refuse to admit that they have to earn those feelings; so they have to buy them.

Many people do not recognize the seriousness of the problem. The spendaholic’s actions are tolerated and enabled. They are irresponsible people, and when they are bailed out time and again, that just reinforces that it’s no big deal to engage in such irresponsible behavior. If there are no adverse consequences, why should they change?

Tough love is the only answer. When you draw a line in the sand and stop enabling them, your relationship could become dangerously strained, but they either have to stop, find someone else to abuse, or leave for greener pastures. Either way, you’ll be better off.

The counterproductive deferment of actions or tasks to a later time.

Procrastination may result in stress, a sense of guilt and crisis, severe loss of personal productivity, as well as social disapproval for not meeting responsibilities or commitments. These feelings combined may promote further procrastination.

Procrastinators are also thought to have a lower-than-normal level of conscientiousness, more based on the “dreams and wishes” of perfection or achievement in contrast to a realistic appreciation of their obligations and potential.

The relaxed type of procrastinators view their responsibilities negatively and avoid them by directing energy into other tasks.

Furthermore, they are also unable to defer gratification. The procrastinator avoids situations that would cause displeasure indulging instead in more enjoyable activities.

Procrastination may be symptomatic of a psychological disorder.^{  Â} 

When I was a kid (less than 6 yrs.), we lived in a neighborhood with rather small houses and yards. We could walk through it fairly quickly and safely, which we did quite often. One of our neighbors a few blocks over lived on a corner lot and planted their front and side yard solid with these beautiful Red Corn Poppy flowers. I still remember them today.

The Red Corn Poppy has escaped cultivation in Texas. When seen along roadsides and highways as well as in fields, it displays a profusion of brilliant red. I bought some seeds at the Wildseed Farm near Fredericsburg, Texas and plan to plant them this fall in my backyard.

This photo was taken on our excursion through the Hill Country in search of wild flowers.

“They” say you should not paint or photograph a gate that is closed. “They” say it sends a message…stay out!…and effectively blocks your eye from travelling through the space.

I am quite certain that is the message the owner of this property was sending.

While I did ignore the artistic rule, I had no problem complying with the owners implied wishes. I thought the scene on my side of the gate was very pretty, indeed.