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Trying an experiment this week, with my money. I use my check card a lot, and seem to believe that frees me to use my money for other things. Or something. It's invisible, that's the problem, so I decided I needed to SEE my money disappear.
I gave myself $100 on Friday, to last me all this week. To last as long as possible. Don't use the check card (except for gas, cuz that's annoying), and just take anything out of my allowance.
It's lunchtime. On MONDAY. And I've only got one of those 5 twenties left. (And a bunch of singles.)
Sure, I could tell myself that I paid for this family activity on Saturday, or that $10 went for a roll of quarters for laundry, and blah and blah. Whether it's right or fair is beside the point.
We had money. Now we don't.
And it's only Monday.
This is what I need to be showing myself.
Breaking my last 20 for lunch. Tomorrow lunch will be from home, just like breakfast was.
I gave myself $100 on Friday, to last me all this week. To last as long as possible. Don't use the check card (except for gas, cuz that's annoying), and just take anything out of my allowance.
It's lunchtime. On MONDAY. And I've only got one of those 5 twenties left. (And a bunch of singles.)
Sure, I could tell myself that I paid for this family activity on Saturday, or that $10 went for a roll of quarters for laundry, and blah and blah. Whether it's right or fair is beside the point.
We had money. Now we don't.
And it's only Monday.
This is what I need to be showing myself.
Breaking my last 20 for lunch. Tomorrow lunch will be from home, just like breakfast was.