All Entries Tagged With: "spending"
If You Have to Think About If You Can Afford It, You Can’t
Take a moment and think back to the last time you picked up a coffee on your way to work or stood in front of a vending machine deciding on a snack. Were you asking yourself if you could afford this purchase? Of course not. Sure, dropping a couple bucks on a fancy coffee may [...]
The High Cost of Immediate Gratification
What a rush to be able to buy whatever you want whenever you want it! Instead of shopping around or waiting for the price to drop significantly, you pull out your trusty credit card and purchase your item that day. You walk into the store, select the item that you want and walk out with [...]
Fight the Urge to Splurge
You’ve been prudent and created a budget. Every cent is accounted for. Things are looking good. Then WHAM, your savings and budget are annihilated because of your latest splurge. Does that sound familiar? I know it does for me. I mean, it’s fun for a moment, then you realize what you’ve just done to your personal finance [...]
Expenses You Are Paying Too Much For
We all want to save money. That’s a fact. In the midst of planning for retirement, paying bills and other expenses, and hoping to have a little left over for some fun, even the most anal retentive budgeters cannot perfectly master the art of financial management. And the truth is, it’s tough. As the number [...]
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