wasted money

Have you ever realized just how much we waste the money that we earn? Well, in an alarmingly high percentage of the population it would be the money we receive, but that is a completely different topic. Anyway, just think about it.
How often do you stop for coffee? I had a coffee the other day, tall mocha latte with an extra shot, and it cost $3.65. If you get that same tasty treat for yourself a mere three times a week that adds up to $569.40 a year. If you just gotta have that caffeine to get through work five days a week that number jumps to $949 a year.
Now, even just in a selfish sense, what could you have done better with that amount of money for yourself? Even if you just put it into an ordinary savings account at 3% interest that $949 by itself will give you $142.35 in five years, and that is the least you could do with it.
Stop and think outside yourself for once and try to name a way that you could use that money to help someone else without any benefit to yourself save the satisfaction of doing it. What could you do? Local food bank? Local charity? National charity? How about a specific ministry, not just a, "Oh, I'll drop it in the offering plate."
Just try to go and do something for somebody else with your Starbucks money. I guarantee you it will perk you up more than that extra shot.