I have one Idea that just came up to my mind that might help you.
My idea is that maybe you just Try so many Things like Working, Sport, doing some activities like idk that you are so exhausted every evening that you just want to go to sleep!? Maybe that works?
And to your Question Petrol or Gambling: I think you should First Buy all The Things you REALLY Need and then Decide what useful Thing you can do with The remaining money.
Gambling has a negative Expectation like we probably all know somewhere in our minds. This essentially Means that every Big win will be “covered” by Losses that even exceed that Amount we won.
That’s True if we Keep playing and The Law of Large Numbers Applies.
But I think that is The difference between a “controlled” Person (a person that can control his gambling (The Money and Time he spends)) and a Gambler.
We just Cant stop to Gamble!
This Means just to be clear that our “Big Wins” are just a Vision of a Future where we end up as a Winner.
But this Vision is really near-sighted.
In Fact a gambler won’t stop to Play and he will play until every Dollar is gone.
So maybe think of every Amount of Money That you Could win like an Amount that you Could lose gambling?
Maybe we should think of our Future a Little Bit more.
The Casinos are just deceiving us with their “Jackpots”, their Special offers and what Not.
In Reality Everyone loses in The end so why bother?
Do we really wanna get Old sit then at The table with our Kids and respond When they Ask about our past: “I have Spent 30 years of my Life gambling”
I think The Life is too Sweet to Throw it away like that.
And it’s all easier Said than done I know that from personal experience but everything is possible just Start with small steps.
And get The Idea of The Big win Out of your Head. That’s what The Casinos want. And in The end of The Year they are counting The Bills…our Bills ;-(…
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