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My sister looked at my budget spreadsheet and said I was tracking pennies while my rent ate me alive
I spent about 2 months logging every coffee and snack in a $4 app while my rent in Austin sat at $1,650 a month. My sister grabbed my phone, scrolled for 10 seconds, and told me straight up that I was winning a game that did not matter. That stung because she was right. I dropped the app and put a big number at the top of the page: rent plus car plus groceries, about $2,400 a month. Then I stopped clipping coupons and started looking for a cheaper place, and 5 weeks later I found one for $1,410. The small stuff was never the problem. What is the one big fixed cost in your budget that you keep avoiding looking at?
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simon_black3h ago
What's the one subscription you forgot you even had?
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