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Where I work, I pass by THREE candy dishes on the way two and from my desk.

How much candy do I eat each day? Generally 2 pieces.

The funny thing about that is that I don’t even like candy all that much.

I mean, it tastes good, but more than a bite or two and I start to feel yucky. And I almost never go out of my way to buy it for myself.

So why am I eating all that candy? Because it’s there.

That’s about 25-60 calories a day I’m eating that I wouldn’t even think of eating if I didn’t pass those dishes all the time. I could easily eat 3-4 pounds worth of food a year doing that.

Since I want to lose 3-4 pounds a year, I could do that just by walking a different way to my desk.

In other words, I could remove the temptation, eat less junk, and meet my goal without feeling deprived in the least. (There are similar suggestions in a cool book called Mindless Eating.)

The same thing is true with money. What if I were paying for that candy? I could save money painlessly on something that I don’t really even want just by taking a different route.

Sometimes that’s all it takes.

Is there anything like that in your life?

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