If you break down personal finance issues such as not having enough savings or having a lot of debt, you can probably find in a lot of cases the root cause to be related to spending.  Spending, whether buying on impulse, because you think you deserve to spend, or just because it’s foolish, tends to knock people off course each month.  Several months into the year, it’s hard to find the path back to achieving important goals.  Read more... (812 words, 11 images, estimated 3:15 mins reading time)

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