Budgets reduce clutter

I've been taking a real interest lately in reading up on decluttering and simplifying my life and came to a rather obvious realization: budgets are a huge aid in simplifying life and keeping it from getting too cluttered with a bunch of junk.

Try this experiment: go to Wal-Mart twice. Once with no idea how much you can spend. Once with a budget meaning you will be limited to a certain amount of money for certain categories. If you are limited to $80 in fun money for the month, you'll be a lot less likely to buy that $15 movie you may or may not watch more than once. You'll rent it instead for $1 from RedBox or $3 from Blockbuster. Or maybe even NetFlix.