by Jason Price
02.04.2010
Most people are looking for ways to save money this year to make forward progress on important financial goals such as paying off debt or saving for emergencies. If you’re like a lot of people, you’ve already cut back in spending areas, such as entertainment, that tend to push you over your monthly spending goals. As a spending oriented society we’ve grown quite used to having things done for us (myself included). There are many things your mom, dad, grandma or grandpa used to do themselves (do it yourself jobs) which didn’t cost them anything more than a little extra time. But companies today have learned to capitalize on the quick pace of life many of us tend to lead.
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by Bob
02.03.2010
I still remember the day it dawned on me that by actually thinking about and monitoring where my money was going, I could actually have a lot more of it. As a person who spent many years not paying attention to where my money was going, it was quite an eye-opening experience. I remember seeing my credit card bills and wondering to myself how going out to eat a few times and a knick-knack here or there could add up to hundreds of dollars. I would often recalculate the totals because I was sure that the credit card company had made a mistake. Yet I never found a calculation error on their end – it turned out it was just foolish overspending on mine!
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