Manage Your Spending Habits While Watching Your Weight
Managing your finances is, in some ways, like managing your weight, according to a recent New York Times article.
Taking these three steps can help get your finances, and your body, in shape:
- Changing your environment to remove food temptations eliminates habitual eating. If you can eat a bag of chips in front of the television and not even realize you finished the bag until it’s gone, you could solve the problem by keeping chips out of the house altogether, or by only eating in the kitchen, at the table, with the television off.
Changing your environment to eliminate temptations will help you avoid shopping, too. If the Internet tempts you to shop, don’t visit retailers’ websites, and be sure to unsubscribe from online shopping newsletters.It makes sense that if you’re breaking your budget due to certain environmental cues, like the countless opportunities to spend money online, removing those cues will make it easier to cut back on spending. Read more »
