A note in your wallet disappears when you spend it. Your body notices that it's gone.
Digital money and in-game currency only change a number on a screen. The same amount feels like less.
When It Doesn't Feel Real, You Spend More
The weaker the feeling, the easier each single decision becomes. "This much is fine" piles up, and the end of the month is a surprise.
In-game currency is often in units that aren't yen. How much 1,000 points costs isn't obvious.
Turn the Number Back Into Something You Can See
Open your purchase history and add it up in yen. Most services let you look back at what you bought.
Deciding how much to top up in advance works too. You can only spend what's loaded, so overspending stops.
Even just checking your balance before you spend changes things. Looking first makes it harder to tap on impulse.
Add up what you spent in digital money this month, in yen.
At Digital Kodomo BASE, we value turning hard-to-see money back into something visible.
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