The advice you wish you’d known years ago.
Often people don’t like talking about money.
It can be awkward, uncomfortable and sometimes (depending on your current financial situation) downright depressing.
But you know what? There is always going to be someone who has more of it than you do, and there is always going to be someone who has less. That’s just the way it is.
That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t care about your money. In fact, sometimes when I’m trying to squirrel some dollars away for something I try and remember what it took for me to earn those dollars, and what it will mean to spend it.
For example, for some people, spending $20 on a takeaway lunch equals an hour of work. When you think of it like that, do you really need to spend that money on store-bought lunch, or would you rather take a sandwich from home?
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For me, equating what I’m about to spend with the time it took for me to make that money really hits home. It’s a great way of keeping my spending in check and makes me reevaluate a lot of what I would have wasted my money on.
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I’m also the kind of person who loves a good quote. You know, some inspirational words from intelligent minds that say exactly what you want to say, only better.