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How to Manage Your Budget and Change Your Spending Habits
Before I start getting into this article, let me just say that I am not here to preach. As a millennial who does not own my own home, I often hear older generations blame our spending and lifestyle because we cannot purchase a house. Millennials or most people on medium to low incomes are not crap with money, buying avocado toast, fancy coffees, and coats for dogs. Me writing this article isn’t about this. I am not here to patronize you about how you spend your money.
I want you to get the best out of what you have.
And, honestly it’s nobody’s business what you spend your money on anyway. You could be super poor and have a fancy TV that you were given as a present — people are going to judge anyway.
I’ve mostly held my head above water with money, but I am a bit tired of feeling like this. I wanted to save, plan, and keep track of where my money was going instead of watching my cash dissolve in front of my eyes each month.
You might be at a point now where you can’t even see where your money is going — it’s there one day in your account and gone the next. You might ask yourself, “where has all my money disappeared to?”
Having a clear idea of where your money is going is essential to relieving that heavy everyday burden of upcoming bills. Freeing…
