Things that I splurge on actually cheer me up. It's not the spending of money (which I usually regret a bit as I'm always saving for bigger-ticket items) that makes me feel good... but I get happiness from what I purchase. If I look quite good in a new shirt? That will make me feel a bit better on days when I'm self-conscious. New books always cheer me up because I enjoy it so much. 
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"The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes, of ships, of sealing wax, of cabbages, of kings! Of why the sea is boiling hot, of whether pigs have wings..."
"I have a problem with low self-esteem. Which is really ridiculous when you consider how amazing I am.
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