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Pay in advance
Pre-paying your way to happiness is not always possible, but if you have the opportunity to pay in advance for as much of your experience as you can, do it. Let’s say you’re planning on going on a summer holiday. If you pay for most of it long before going, when it is actually time to go, you’ll feel like the holiday was for free.
Obviously, it wasn’t but this trick allows you to concentrate on enjoying yourself without feeling the pain of paying money. According to Dunn, “we should pay right away with good cold hard cash or at least a debit card, and then, whenever you can, try to delay consumption. […]It is good to separate payment from the experience itself.”
