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Plan Christmas or birthday spending before it runs away
Gifts, food and days out add up in silence. Get a spending cap, a name-by-name list and a cut list.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me plan Christmas or birthday spending. Event: [Christmas / birthday / other] Total I can afford: [amount] Who I buy for: [names and rough ideas] Food, travel, days out: [rough amounts or "help me estimate"] What I regret buying last time: [list] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A name-by-name gift list with a cap each that fits my total. 2. A cut list of things to skip this year. 3. A weekly amount to set aside from now. 4. A one-line rule for impulse buys in the shops. Stay inside my total. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. Christmas / birthday / other: a short note you already have. amount: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.
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