Sure I had to make some big changes, but all of the cuts I made in my spending were impulse buys that didn't bring any fulfillment to my life.

Sometimes our impulse it to fire back at a negative review, but I have never regretted waiting to cool off.

It'll take a while to get to your first good year.If you have the strategy/shelter to plan for the bad years, then I  prefer a 1099 check.However, if on your first big sale, you want to buy a Porsche, think I'd stick with a salary as a control on your impulses.

I’m very impulsive but I won’t have the income to invest till the end of next year due to paying off debt so I really want to get things right

., as you might bust out quick if impulsivity kicks in. 

That is unusual for me because I am not an impulse buyer.

Finally, I got tired of waiting and just impulsively bought two houses that needed little to no rehab at close to market price, and I am glad that I did.

It was one of the best 'impulsive' (according to my wife) deals we did.

Yes I do live by the mantra " Happy wife = Happy Life " BUT we also have a mutual respect when I say we will not do this for these reasons at all OR We decide not to do them at this time but at a later date.I have finances constantly on the brain but we still enjoy fun things I just try to eliminate expensive purchases based on impulse control where the likely outcome is regretting it later.Sometimes the definition of love is saving someone whether it makes you popular or not from making bad decisions.

Dont make an impulsive buy based on emotion , or what the real estate agent says .