The day I got the offer letter for my first job, I sat and made a list of things I wished to buy with my first salary. I was just too excited to be making my own money so much so that I left for shopping the very next day of receiving the paycheck. Despite planning to buy a lot of things, I just couldn’t muster the courage to part with the money I had worked so hard for. That day, I realized that no matter how big my wishes were, I only had a limited supply of money and to save it would be the best decision I could take. I bought only the things that were actually needed and I was much happier about it.
A lot of things have changed since I started managing money on my own and I’ve understood that it’s not easy to make money. I now happen to realize that bad money habits can get addictive with time and it can take a lot of work to get rid of them. You might be willing to make adjustments to your budget to accommodate that expensive handbag you saw at the store but it won’t be long before you start regretting it. In the long run, you will need a solid strategy to take control of your finances. And the first obvious step you need to take is to shed those bad money habits that have been eating away all your savings.
If you are stressing yourself over not being able to save any money because of your poor money habits, let me tell you that it’s never too late to change that. Provided that you are earning money and have the unending desire to save as much of it as possible, here are a few bad money habits that you need to change now:
1. Impulse Buying –
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