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[quote=squat300]The book that truly changed my financial life was the tightwad gazette.
Paid cash for it ten years ago. Still have it. I’d say my family is hundreds of thousands of dollars wealthier for having embraced it.
Skip lattes. Duh! Fucking rewash your sandwich baggies! Fight for every dime!!![/quote]
I just learned to keep a very low cash balance in my checking account and very little cash in my wallet with auto transfers to other accounts.
If I need cash, it forces me to go to the ATM…which use to be a major PITA…until I got Schwab…Because now Schwab lets me go to any atm…
I think my primary checking I use doesn’t have a balance ever exceeding $3000…….Makes me feel poor, which is a good thing.
