Buying to our integrity's desires is a percentage, at best but it's what we can do to increase that percentage. We got the obligatory stuff to pay for, and when there's nothing left we should look for ways of changing that.
But small instant gratification purchases of bad habits in small packages tend to come even before bills, etc.
How about having enough to satisfy and justify, and then have a surplus to turn onto integrity's path...
That's the continuum we can largely move on, either towards larger percentage of good votes made with our wallet, or towards bad ones.
When it comes to bad habits... they are about buying peace of mind. So, the mind should change first. Not the 1mind we control but the one we can't.
Little steps or one great jump?
Buying peace of mind, or buying forgiveness. If we act well, what do we need to be forgiven for?
Nah, the buying of sh** is the act that needs forgiveness. The reasons for it are within the mindset that we need some immediate reward for lasting through the hour or something. I know I do it, still. Some nice kind of physical activity might substitute for that, temporarily. Not always as available... for now.
I feel like in a deja vu.