Hi all,
I am a college student and have been doing pretty well financially this semester, being able to buy myself "stuff" whenever I want. However, what I never realized was just how much money I was spending that I could have been saving or paying off loans.
I live at home, so it is perfectly easy for me to make a sandwich and eat lunch at school that way. But instead, I chose to buy lots of coffees, burgers, Popeyes etc. and burn $700 which could have been $100 or less if I were more frugal and prudent.
Pay attention to the little everyday expenses and see how they add up, especially as you start out. Use MINT or some other software to figure out where you money is going so that you can learn from your habits and mistakes.
Submitted November 30, 2017 at 03:43PM by theselfreliant http://ift.tt/2kegx77
