Rising inflation and cooling economic conditions have millions of people feeling the pinch when they go to the grocery store and pay bills. Money just doesn't go as far as it used to. Just about everything costs more than it used to, and in some cases, a lot more. In this regard, you have two choices: get by with less of what you used to enjoy, or learn to spend more creatively to get more out of the money you do have.
Many of us had gotten used to a world that appeared to be consistently getting more prosperous by the day and providing better things and more of them for us and our families then we could ever imagine. When most of us were kids, there was no such thing as a pistachio butter and jelly sandwich. Olives used to be black, and domestically produced. Now your kids lunchbox is likely to contain a plethora of high end imported ingredients that you would have been lucky to try at a banquet from your youth.
Like everything, there's a skill set involved. Many of our parents were thrifty and our grandparents were masters of thrift, but our generation has generally had so much disposable wealth that being thrifty seemed to have gone out of style. We forgot the techniques and tactics that our elders used to stretch their money, perhaps thinking that they were outdated implements of a time long since forgotten.
What comes up, must come down, and once expanding economies are now turning in on themselves, the middle class taking the bulk of the hit. Anyone that buys things for themselves should have no trouble recognizing that many basic everyday items are double what they were just a couple of years ago. We might need to skip the pistachio butter and reintroduce the old PB&J if things keep going this way.
But nobody want's to downgrade. Not for the things they've grown accustomed to and love. But that's the dilemma we're in now: downgrade your entire lifestyle or find a way to conserve the money you have so you can spend it on the things that are important to you. The modern person living in a first world country has about a thousand ways they can trim the fat without affecting their lifestyle. All it takes is a few skills, some advanced planning, and the right attitude to use the money you do have to get the most you can out of life.
Use the lessons taught in this book to give yourself the advantage of wasting less so you can have more. Upgrade your life to appreciate the gifts you've been given so you can prioritize your purchases better to make sure you stay on track with your investment goals and stay better focused on becoming wealthy instead of just trying to look wealthy.
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