DAILY SPENDING

June 9th, 2006 at 10:00 am

Does anyone find it as hard as I do to record there daily spending?
I think it is because I smoke and drink too much pepsi and I dont want to face the truth as to how much this cost me every week. I will start to record my daily spending and will quit on the first day.
Has anyone else had this problem or dealt with the same type of issues.
I know it is will power, but this is one area I am having a hard time with, any advise would be appreciated.

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4 Responses to “DAILY SPENDING”

Thrifty Ray Says:
June 9th, 2006 at 11:00 am

My advice is to just do it. Seriously.

Make it as easy as possible...keep your receipts in one place and then record them each day.

As Dr. Phil likes to say....you can't change what you don't acknowledge...

Once you have the facts...you can decide how to tweak your habits.

Good luck!! YOU CAN DO THIS!
veronak Says:
June 9th, 2006 at 02:35 pm

I did at first, but like you said my problem was facing the issue. I had and still do have a problem with dining out and shopping; however, I have to admit that since the new year I have gotten a lot better. Have you thought about using some type of budgeting software to track your spending?
Good luck
flash Says:
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:30 am

One alternative...instead of tracking all the little things in a day, give yourself a daily cash budget, say $3 in change. That's all you use, and at the end of the day, whatever is left tells you what you daily spending is for "little things". Call it what you like, give yourself the amount you think is real. You can carry over, say you spend $5 on cigarettes a day, take it out of the previous days non-spend.
LuxLiving Says:
October 27th, 2006 at 09:24 am

So, how is it going with the smoking and Pepsi?

Are you getting any better with the recording of expenditures?

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