Money
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Where our money goes
It’s funny how we convince ourselves to give into buying stuff because we deserve it, that we’ve earned it. That the hard work we’ve put into it should be paid back, so we pay ourselves with more stuff (and perhaps more food than we generally consume). But did you forget that our hard work was Read more
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Good deals
You’ll never know what’s offered at the market when you don’t go out and see what’s out there. And after almost two months of looking for a space conducive to a work-from-home setup, I realized that it takes a conscious decision to stick to the budget while choosing a liveable space you’d enjoy spending your Read more
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In debt?
Debt gives you the ability to live through today by borrowing the life you could enjoy tomorrow. So, if you are simply putting yourself in debt because of the fleeting things you want to enjoy now, you might be robbing yourself of the freedom your tomorrow self would be glad to have. Playing catch-up never Read more
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Buy, buy, buy, and endless consumerism
Society today puts too much weight on material objects, and there are too many people who own way more than they need. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism With the monthly sale right down the corner, it’s worth noting how our culture encourages us to consume material things, making it even more vague to distinguish Read more
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Where did all my money go?
A dinner out here and there turned into dinners out regularly, which turned into dinners out regularly with a few takeout dinners thrown in, which turned into dinners out regularly with takeout dinners most other nights. The slippery slope from one into the next was invisible, but when we finally thought to pay attention, we Read more
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