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How Do You Know If You're Experiencing Lifestyle Inflation?Other Services - - May 22, 2024Ask yourself what proportion of your earnings are being put toward wants, needs, and savings. If you're earning money and only the wants and needs are increasing, you find yourself struggling to pay your bills at the end of the month, or are relying ...
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Strategies for Avoiding Lifestyle InflationOther Services - - May 22, 2024Lifestyle inflation causes many people to live paycheck to paycheck, struggle to pay their bills, make the minimum payments on their credit cards, and lack the cash resources to fall back on when an unforeseen setback like a medical bill or job loss ...
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An Example of Lifestyle InflationOther Services - - May 22, 2024Here's an illustration of how lifestyle inflation works: Imagine a college student named Gal. In college, Gal worked odd jobs as a server and a library assistant to make ends meet. Gal shared a three-bedroom apartment off-campus with two other studen...
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Lifestyle Inflation: What It Is, How It Works, and ExampleOther Services - - May 22, 2024Lifestyle inflation refers to an increase in spending when an individual's income goes up. Lifestyle inflation tends to become greater every time an individual gets a raise and can make it difficult to get out of debt, save for retirement, or meet ot...
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What Is the 50-20-30 Budget Rule?Other Services - - May 22, 2024The 50-20-30 budget rule was popularized by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in her book All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan. The plan entails dividing all of your after-tax income into 50% for your actual needs, 30% for anything you want...
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Eliminate Unnecessary Expenses : Negotiate Credit Card Interest RatesOther Services - - May 22, 2024Hopefully, your budget has given you a sense of where your money goes. Now it's time to tighten up. Start cutting back on items that you wouldn't miss. Change habits that are costing you, like letting food spoil before you can eat it. Prepare meals a...
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Schedule a Periodic Budget EvaluationOther Services - - May 22, 2024It's difficult to predict correctly how much money you'll need in every category of your budget. For instance, a new job may necessitate a wardrobe change and your existing clothing budget may not cut it. That's why it's important to conduct a regula...
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Remove the Options That Allow You to CheatOther Services - - May 22, 2024Make it more difficult to make impulse purchases. In other words, set up barriers that give you time to think: "Is this purchase necessary?" Opt out of retailer email lists. Remove your stored payment information on your favorite online shops so you ...
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I Don't Want Anything BigOther Services - - May 22, 2024If you don't have any major savings goals (e.g., upsizing your living situation, starting your own business), it's hard to drum up the motivation to stash away extra cash each month. However, your situation and your attitudes likely will change over ...
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Unemployment Insurance Will Tide Me OverOther Services - - May 22, 2024Unemployment compensation is not a sure thing. Let's say a bad situation at work leaves you with no choice but to quit your job. Unless you can prove constructive discharge (that is, that you were virtually forced to resign), your departure will be c...
