So I ended up getting a second job to ''save'' but the paychecks were mesley ($100/week). Basically I spent the check back at work because I figured with my work discounts I was ''saving''.
After seeing that my shopping category was $700+ on Mint I got scared (in a course of one month!). I reevaluated my life and said ''this check will go directly into a savings account.''
Seven weeks later, I was surprised it's $700. My biggest problem was that I had short term thinking. ''Oh, this is only $100, that means I can splurge on dinner! Or a shirt!". NOPE! This was a horrible idea.
I grew up poor so I didn't realize I had this ''use it or lose it'' mentality. Saving for me was almost pointless. But I didn't realize I would get a high from seeing an account grow.
I previously ignored a lot of advice here, but decided to take the plunge and listen for a bit. It's working great so far!
Submitted July 01, 2017 at 11:43AM by majoraswhore http://ift.tt/2t3dMrp
