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Spending Habits

How Your Wallet Is Crushing Your Self-Esteem (And How To Make It Stop)

Lisa Firestone | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Critical Inner Voice, Anxiety About Money, Shopping Addiction, Money Problems, Money, Money Stress, Stress About Money, Saving Money, Compulsive Shopping, Spending Habits, Shopping Habits, Emotional Wellness, Self-Improvement, Healthy Living News
Lisa Firestone

You may not be able to control the economy or every aspect of your own finances, but you can take control of your attitude and find a great deal of power within your own mentality, integrity, and emotional intelligence.

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7 Things To Stop Spending Money On Right Now

Posted 04.19.2013 | OWN
Read More: How to Save Money, Spending Habits, Spend Less, Money Saving Tips, Stop Spending, Saving Money, Money Advice, Save Money, Stop Spending Money, Personal Finance, Cut Costs, OWN News

By Lynn Andriani No, we're not suggesting you ditch your latte: We've found seven expenses you can cut out painlessly. Keep in touch! Check ...

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4 Money Addictions To Break Now

Posted 03.01.2013 | OWN
Read More: How to Save Money, Budgeting, Spending Habits, Own-Simplify, Wasting Money, Shopping Habits, Spending Cuts, Spend Less, Spending, Money Saving Tips, Money Management, Saving Money, Save Money, OWN News

By Nathalie Gorman A few seemingly innocuous spending habits that are actually keeping you from saving money -- plus how to quit. Keep in to...

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7 Ways Money Memories May Affect Your Finances

LearnVest | Posted 04.27.2013 | Women
Read More: Influence of Childhood, Debt, Spending Habits, Allowance, Values, Healthy Relationship With Money, Money Memories, Budget, Spending Patterns, Poor, Financial Advice for Women, Rich, Childhood, Attitude Towards Money, Financial Advice, Women News
LearnVest

As children, we begin to form our beliefs and attitudes about money through value-laden messages that are passed on to us by our parents, grandparents and society.

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The Average Woman: How Does Your Spending Compare?

LearnVest | Posted 12.24.2012 | Women
Read More: Women and Money, Spending Habits, Cocktails, Creating a Budget, Cost of Living, Budget, Spending, How to Create a Budget, Wedding Dress, Splurge, How to Make a Budget, Financial Advice for Women, Financial Advice, Women News
LearnVest

Do you ever feel a pang of guilt when you hand over $4 for a fancy coffee? Do you have an internal rule for how much is too much to spend on shoes?

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The Cheapest Generation

The Atlantic | Derek Thompson And Jordan Weissmann | Posted 10.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Spending Habits, Millennial Spending, Millennials, Home News

In 2009, Ford brought its new supermini, the Fiesta, over from Europe in a brave attempt to attract the attention of young Americans. It passed out 10...

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What I Learned From My Mother's Overspending

The Billfold | Posted 10.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Overspending, Spending Habits, Saving Money, Shopping, Spending Money, Spending, Home News

I've never bought my own handbag. For years, I was afraid to buy my own clothes. For years, I didn't need to buy my own clothes. Because my mother bou...

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What I Learned About Money In My Twenties

The Billfold | Posted 05.14.2012 | Women
Read More: Twenties, Spending Habits, Handling Finances, Money, Handling Money, Finances, Starting Out, Women News

I'm 30. By virtue of that fact, I should be qualified enough to tell you about how to get your finances in order during your twenties. Luckily for you...

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Looking for Patterns In Your Wardrobe... and I Don't Mean the Ones on Your Clothes

Jennifer Baumgartner | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Read More: Spending Habits, Fashion Habits, Style Habits, Shopping Habits, Style, Wardrobe, Personal Dress, Closet Organization, Personal Style, Fashion Trends, Style News
Jennifer Baumgartner

Examining patterns in dress behaviors is a very mindful exercise. We can learn where certain motivations come from, how they help us, and how they hinder us. And these patterns are not limited to the closet.

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Breaking the Consumer Addiction

Jamie Anne Richardson | Posted 05.27.2012 | Parents
Read More: Consumerism, Parenting, Finance, Spending Habits, Paypal, Online Advertising, American Consumerism, Overspending, Facebook, Online Shopping Consumerism, Parents News
Jamie Anne Richardson

The problem is that the ease with which we buy online is now rubbing off on our kids. The era of instant gratification blurs the line between wants and needs.

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When The Super-Rich Spend, So Does Everyone Else

Posted 03.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Super Rich, Spending Habits, Retail News, Video, Super Rich Spending, Income Inequality, Super Rich Spending Habits, Business News, Rich Spending Habits, Home News

Move over baseball. Keeping up with the Joneses is apparently the real national pastime. When the rich boost their spending by 10 percent, non-ric...

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The Moment I Knew My Spending Was Out Of Control (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

Posted 03.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Maxing Out Credit Cards, Spending Habits, The Moment I Knew, Broke, Being Broke, Credit Card Spending, Online Shopping, Impulse Buying, The Moment I Knew My Spending Was Out of Control, Home News

At HuffPost, we're kicking off an exciting new project and we'd love you to participate! It's called "The Moment I Knew," and is a user-submitted vide...

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Your Friends Are Making You Poor

2012-02-27-lvest.jpg | Carrie Sloan | Posted 03.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Spending Habits, Friends, Shopping, Eating Out, Saving Habits, Travel, Friends Making You Poor, Jealousy, Cheap Friends, Home News

This article originally appeared on LearnVest.com “You should so buy that dress. It looks like it was made for you!” “Nice purse. How much...

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Finally, Someone Talks About Another Hidden Cost At Work

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 01.10.2012 | Women
Read More: Budgeting, Style Advice, Spending Habits, Office Wardrobe, Budget, Slidepollajax, Office Style, Women and Work, Women News
Jessica Pearce Rotondi

We're all painfully aware of how much we spend on our commute and the health costs of working long hours at the office. But is there another hidden cost at work that no one is talking about?

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Alexander Eichler

Obama's Tax Hikes Expected To Have Little Impact On The Wealthy

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.20.2011 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Obama Tax Hikes, Spending Habits, Taxing the Rich, Deficit Reduction, Corporate Taxes, Obama Tax Wealthy, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Buffett Rule, Warren Buffett, Obama Tax Rich, Economic Growth, Job Creation, Obama Taxes, Republicans, Video, Business News

Tax the rich, a frequently cited conservative argument goes, and the rich will retreat. They'll stop hiring; they'll stop investing; they'll stop spen...

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The 'Surgical Shopper': Consumers Spending More Deliberately Since Economic Crisis

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and RACHEL BECK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Retailers, Spending Habits, Online Shopping, Shopping Trend, Shopping, Economy, Consumer Spending, Financial Crisis, Surgical Shopper, Business News

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Think of the Mall of America as the Colosseum of American consumerism: It has more than 500 shops, 50 eateries and its own ...

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How Nature Vs. Nurture Impact Your Spending Habits

Richard Barrington | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Financial Habits, Savings Accounts, Family, Environmental Factors, Nature Versus Nurture, Spending Habits, Genetics, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News
Richard Barrington

A recent study looked at the financial portfolio of twins to gain a better understanding of the affects of nature vs. nurture on spending habits. The results.

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Even in a Recession, Many Americans Overspend

Richard Barrington | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Spending Habits, Overspending, Personal Finance Advice, Personal Finance Help, Personal Finance Tips, Money Help, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News
Richard Barrington

How do we bridge this gap? Financial responsibility should not be thought of as a once-a-year theoretical budgeting exercise. It has to be lived day in and day out.

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Losing at the Credit Score Game

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Sucker Money, Spending Habits, Debt, Payday Lenders, Collection Agencies, Credit History, Don McNay, Credit Cards, Ipad, Big Money, High Interest Credit Cards, Subprime Lenders, Credit Agencies, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Banks, Check Cashing Companies, Credit Score, Kentucky, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

It is not easy to get people to take a hard look at themselves. Addiction to credit is like addiction to anything else: people usually won't get help until they bottom out.

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Top Green Consumer Trends for 2009: Which Predictions Came True?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Spending Habits, Consumerism, Green Trends, Consumer Trends, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, 2009 Trends, Top Consumer Trends, Craigslist, Fresh Ideas Group, Trends, Conscious Consumerism, Green Consumer, Sustainable Consumer, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Fair Trade, Landfill Waste, Organic Food Sales, Over the Counter Remedies, Economic Slowdown, Organic Food, Natural Home Remedies, Netflix, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

At the end of last year, our friends at The Fresh Ideas Group went out on a limb with some public predictions about how Americans would act in 2009. As the year winds down, let's see how they did.

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A Fat Guy's Prediction: We Need Leadership or We Will Fall Off the Economic Wagon

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: College Students, Spending Habits, Debt, Magic Johnson, Wall Street Bailout, Dieting Tips, Addiction, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Bailout, Dieting, Cincinnati, McDonald's, Weight Loss, Blood Money, Lexington KY, College Students and Credit Cards, Personal Finance, Payday Lending, Lottery, Lottery Winner, Economic Crisis, Saving Habits, Long Term Economy, Kentucky, Don McNay, Restricted-Calorie-Diet, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Saving Money, Bob Dylan, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Recession, Structured Settlements, Louisville, Credit, Yo Yo Dieting, Tax Refunds, Memphis Blues Again, Tax-Anticipation-Loans, Business News
Don McNay

Unless someone is capable of changing the American psyche, people are going to go back to their old spending habits.

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Do You Suffer From A Money Disorder?

New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Money Disorders, Spending Habits, Money, Financial Advice, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News

THE country music star Wynonna Judd had essentially "won the lottery" at age 17, she said. But after amassing a fortune from her career, she squandere...

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