I’m not saying GTA 6 goes to financially break me. I’m sure I can handle spending $80-100 on a video game without making dramatic lifestyle changes or questioning every purchase I make. I’m a responsible adult. I pay bills. I make reasonable decisions (more often than not).
But Rockstar waited over a decade to release this game, and I refuse to indicate up on launch day unprepared. So, naturally, I actually have created a very normal and healthy savings plan that involves making sacrifices for a criminal offense simulator. Could I simply put money aside every month? Will I as an alternative consider selling my furniture? Who can really say? Listed here are the completely rational, normal ways I’m saving for GTA 6.
I’m Walking In every single place Because Legs Are Free
Gas is dear, public transportation costs money, and ride-shares in some way require a small-business loan. Walking is free.
Okay, sure, it takes forty-five minutes to get to the post office, but that is forty-five minutes of immersive roleplaying. Every errand is a side quest, every stranger is an NPC, and each mildly aggressive goose is only a boss encounter. By November, you will have saved enough money for GTA 6 and developed calves powerful enough to kick through drywall.
I’m Declaring War On Candles
I do not care how good it smells. You are spending $30 on a jar of wax because anyone named it something ridiculous like Autumn Library Rainstorm. What does that even mean? Libraries haven’t got a smell. Rainstorms don’t occur indoors. Autumn is just not a fragrance.
Every candle purchase is just you paying money to slowly set your individual money on fire. Take that candle budget and put it toward GTA 6 as an alternative; a minimum of video game crime lasts perpetually.
I understand the irony of me saying this while owning enough candles to make my apartment appear like a witch’s starter kit. Don’t ask in regards to the candle shelf.
Start Charging Your Friends For Every Minor Inconvenience
I’ve spent years providing services free of charge: advice, help moving furniture, and listening to someone mansplain cryptocurrency. Enough is enough.
If a friend asks me whether or not they should text their ex, that is a consultation fee. In the event that they send me a six-minute voice note as an alternative of a standard text, that is a premium service. In the event that they ask me to assist them move a couch, they’re mainly funding my GTA 6 preorder. I’m not saying friendship must be transactional. I’m saying Rockstar has created a situation where difficult business decisions have to be made.
Simply Stop Experiencing Joy Until November
Entertainment is dear. Movies cost money. Concert events cost money. Going out costs money. Happiness, because it seems, is certainly one of the most important recurring expenses in modern society.
For the subsequent few months, I can be doing the financially responsible thing and staring silently out windows. Each time I feel the urge to rejoice, I’ll remind myself that fun is temporary. Grand Theft Auto 6 is perpetually.
I’m Considering My Furniture A Temporary Luxury
Do I really want a couch? Give it some thought. A couch is just a big object designed to make sitting barely more comfortable. My chair works perfectly positive. My floor also exists. The human body has survived hundreds of years without sectionals and ornamental pillows.
If selling my couch gets me closer to GTA 6, then perhaps this was never furniture. Possibly it was just a really expensive obstacle between me and a shiny pink sports automotive in a video game.
I’m Discovering The Revolutionary Concept Of Free Beverages
For years, I actually have been tricked into believing that beverages need flavor and, occasionally, a ridiculous amount of sugar. Coffee shops convinced me that a drink could have a seasonal identity. Energy drinks convinced me that I needed something neon to survive a Tuesday, but now I see the reality.
Water was there all the time. It was free. It was waiting. It never asked me to spend $7 on a cup with a sophisticated name. Each time I drink water as an alternative of shopping for something else, I’ll do not forget that I’m not only hydrating, I’m preparing for GTA 6.
Ignore the iced latte sitting next to my keyboard right away. That is just not a purchase order; that could be a writing tool. My brain cannot produce a 1,200-word article about financial discipline without proper fuel, obviously!
I’m Finally Facing The Backlog I’ve Been Ignoring For Years
My backlog is already large enough to qualify as a second job. There are games I purchased because they looked amazing, played for 2 hours, after which abandoned perpetually because one other game distracted me. Somewhere in my library is a masterpiece I actually have completely ignored.
So, before GTA 6 arrives, I’ll finally finish these games. In fact, this plan has one major flaw: I’ll probably spend thirty minutes organizing my backlog as an alternative of really playing anything, but technically, organizing is progress, and progress is largely the identical thing as ending. GTA 6 here I come!
I’m Learning That Cute Things Are Not Actually Essential
This can be a major problem. Stores know exactly what they’re doing once they make something lovable. They create tiny objects with faces and colours, after which I’m considering whether I would like a frog-shaped pillow. The reply is not any. I don’t need a frog-shaped pillow. I would like GTA 6.
Unfortunately, my brain has spent years convincing me that cute things are necessities. A plushie is just not a necessity. That is the toughest battle yet because those little guys are very persuasive.
I’m Returning To My Cave Era
Electricity is dear, and darkness is totally free. Each time I activate a lightweight, I’m paying money to make a room barely more visible. Is that actually essential? My furniture knows where it’s. My partitions are usually not going anywhere. I actually have successfully navigated my home before. If I start walking around at nighttime, I can get monetary savings and develop the survival instincts needed for GTA missions.
The one downside is by accident walking right into a table every night, but that is largely just real-life training. By November, I’ll either come up with the money for for GTA 6 or I’ll know my apartment layout higher than ever.
Stop Buying Gifts For People
Before anyone gets upset, I’m not saying I’ll stop caring about people. I’m saying people should understand that GTA 6 is a significant financial event. If someone’s birthday happens before November, they may receive something thoughtful…. possibly… perhaps. The thought will certainly be there.
The actual gift could be a handwritten note explaining that I’m currently investing in a very important cultural moment, and in the event that they don’t appreciate that, perhaps they don’t understand true sacrifice.