How do you recognize when your lifestyle is growing? Taking steps to keep it in check is essential if you want to be in long-term control of your financial destiny. See what steps you can take today to recognize and rein in your spending.[Read more...] about Avoiding the Lifestyle Inflation Trap
Minimalism
5 Steps to Change Your Default Consumption Behavior
Learning to be mindful of your consumption starts with understanding when you are consuming and when you are creating. By understanding this, you can set goals to help focus on what matters most.[Read more...] about 5 Steps to Change Your Default Consumption Behavior
Medium Journaling is Minimalism
Why Medium got me back to writing. How they made writing fun and exciting by putting the focus on the most important part - writing.[Read more...] about Medium Journaling is Minimalism
Novelty
Spending money and time on what's new can harm your mental health and your wallet. Try resetting yourself to avoid novelty.[Read more...] about Novelty
Practice Poverty
A stoic technique for increasing gratitude used by Seneca was to set aside days to "experience" poverty. How could this technique change impact outlook?[Read more...] about Practice Poverty
Want Streaks
A technique for delayed gratification and giving yourself permission to make purchasing decisions only after you have given them enough thought.[Read more...] about Want Streaks