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3 Ridiculously Simple Ways You Can Start To Better Manage Your Finances
The little things that can have a big impact on the way you spend and save your money
Money is a rather unfortunate necessity of life. First, we have to find a way to get it, then we have to make it, and then we have to decide what to do with it and hopefully have a good life in the process.
Unfortunately, no one ever really tells us how to spend our money, at what ratio, and by which means we should save and invest. We’re not taught how to prioritize it but not let it run our lives, how to have money in times of want and need, and also how to handle the bigger paychecks we earn as we age.
“A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” — Jonathan Swift
We have to educate ourselves and figure things out through trial and error while trying not to become broke in the process. (I’ve failed at that one a couple of times…)
Here are three steps that you can take to start managing your finances better today:
#1: Maximize your spending
Now, I don’t mean spend all of your money…I mean this as it pertains to what you spend…
