How do you balance flexibility in your budget or spending plan without letting the entire thing fall apart? I have a suggestion which will keep you from feeling constrained by the budget but still on track. Maybe even make you feel better about making progress towards your goals.

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Outlining the criteria for when it really may be worthwhile to buy instead of finding another option like borrowing or renting. In most cases, you probably don’t need to buy at all.

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Father’s day is almost upon us and I still don’t know what I’m giving my dad. I probably should have started brainstorming a lot more than 2 weeks in advance. I could go out and buy something mindlessly, but I don’t want to. I could buy something semi-mindfully, but I’m not really sure. I’d like [...]

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We’re surrounded by hype. Commercials, radio ads, billboards by the road and posters in the metro. Not to mention the ads on nearly every website, yes, including this one. Maybe a certain beer will make us more attractive or a car will make us the most envied family on the block. And we all know [...]

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We’re going to buy a new computer, maybe it’ll actually work. Micah’s had this laptop for about 4 years and in that time it’s given him nothing but trouble. No, trouble is too nice a word for it. Doesn’t convey the full meaning. This computer has taken him to hell and back.

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