It's officially spring now so that means SPRING CLEANING! Time to clean up old habits, one of which is overspending. If you're having a crisis money moment, here are a couple of things to consider before you run your wallet dry:
- Do you really deserve that jacket? If you're anything like us we have this thing where we think we deserve anything with a price tag! Haha! Eh, not so fast. What's more important? Your bills getting paid or that temporarily cool jacket?
- If you're going to go out, opt for bread and soup. I know this sounds crazy, but work with us. If you just can't say no to going out to eat, order the cheapest thing on the menu. Your friends won't even notice.
- Make a budget and then only carry cash. If you tell yourself that you can only spend "xyz" and then take it out in cash, then you can't overspend.
- Walk, walk, walk if you can. That will totally save money on gas.
- Consider leisure activities that don't require spending money like watching movies at home with your sisters streamed from your computer or taking a nice bike ride outside.
- Cancel subscriptions you can live without. Yup, that means Netflix!
All in all, when you're going broke, you don't want to be homeless so budget and be conscious of your spending so you can be out of the red zone!
Good luck!
