What are some financial life-hacks everyone should know? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

In order to save money, you have to start putting money back, even if you consider yourself too poor to save. Every time you get paid put $X aside and don't touch it until it's enough to do something with

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

And then don't do anything with it other then invest it some more

Don't buy anything unless you're u can pay for it in full cash, you don't need to use cash but it's a good way to be prepared

I treat my accounts like hit points in a game. The higher it is, the more health i have.

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