I received my pay on Thursday of this week and I am sorry to report that soon after, I made some bets.
I have generally found it difficult to pinpoint specific triggers in the past, but payday is certainly a very clear one with bets occurring soon after receiving it on a number of occasions. I have put some barriers in place to help with this in the past with auto payment set up to transfer the majority of my wages to my girlfriend, there is a loophole with this system though in that payday sometimes arrives a few days early before the auto payment goes through leaving some room to gamble in the time between. There is also no accountability for any money that is not transferred.
I have put some new steps/barriers in place to try and help with this going forward.
- If wages arrive early – bring forward the forwarded date for funds to my Girlfriend
- Set up an auto email forwarding to my girlfriend when I receive a payslip email – that way she will know that within the next 24 hours, I should be receiving my wages and in turn she should receive a trasnfer
- For any funds not being sent, set up an account which my girlfriend has full visibility of to help with accountability