Reducing your spending

Saving Money Books Just Put You Into More Debt

I have read over 100 books on saving money. They are sitting there on my bookshelf as I type this, laughing at me. The cost of buying these books are huge – all the content of which, could have been found for free online.

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The Rip Off That Is Situational Pricing

Situational pricing means you pay exorbitant prices when you are in times of need. Here are some situations where by the prices are inflated and you get ripped off.

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Affluenza, And What It Might Mean For You

The knowledge that we are among the uber-rich of the world is no new one. The discussion of why, then, we still feel we have too little money, and are despondent because of it is also well-worn. Then came along Affluenza, finally a term that could describe why all this wealth was getting us so down in the dumps. Here are some thoughts on the topic, and how to get yourself back on the right side of the happy spectrum.

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Life’s Little Luxuries: Can We Afford Them?

Someone told me the other night that we are Generation Money- we like nice things to the point where we will get ourselves into serious debt to afford them. But must that always be the case? Can we afford some of life’s little luxuries within a budget? I say yes. Here are some tips on how to live life to the fullest, without having an equally full credit card.

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Sales, spending, debt – learn about your enemy!

Understanding the psychology behind why we spend money is an ongoing battle, an albatross around the necks of our budgets, a learning curve that continues to curve away from us. Yet Career Overview has come to the rescue with some new tips and tricks on how best to understand your spending, and avoid it from [...]

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The worst fees and how to avoid paying them

I was interested to read a couple of years ago that the line people hate most is the line at the post office. I can understand that. There’s nothing interesting to look at, it moves at the pace of a glacier and the questions people ask of the staff make your fingers twitch to be [...]

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