{"id":21376,"date":"2023-07-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:02:26","slug":"6-ways-to-stop-wasting-money-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/6-ways-to-stop-wasting-money-in-2023","title":{"rendered":"How To Stop Wasting Money (And Turn Things Around Before The End Of 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are going insane trying to make ends meet, you are not alone, and it is not surprising. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.<\/p>\n
However, don\u2019t give up just yet. You may have slipped up many times this year, but its not too late to turn things around for 2023. Taking Einstein\u2019s advice into consideration, the key is to do things differently. This includes spend differently or on different things.<\/p>\n
Here are 6 ways you can stop wasting money this year:<\/p>\n
The point of this exercise is not to stop spending but to control<\/em> unnecessary spending.<\/p>\n Examples of other non-essential expenses that you should (and must) cut from your finances are \u2013 the 16th<\/sup> pair of shoes just because they are on sale, the latest smartphone just because it is from Apple, or that set of rims for your car just because they would make you look cooler than other cars stuck in the traffic jam.<\/p>\n Every time you are about to spend your money, ask yourself these questions:<\/p>\n If your answers are negative to the above questions, move along.<\/p>\n Every time you pay minimum payment only for your credit card balance, you are incurring interest charges that can snowball into insurmountable debt<\/a> (if it hasn\u2019t already).<\/p>\n For revolving credit like credit card, always try your best to clear your balance as soon as possible because for every month your balance is carried forward, you will be charged interest of at least 15%.<\/p>\n One way of cutting down on exorbitant interest charges is to transfer your debt to a low or 0% balance transfer credit card<\/a>. A balance transfer is when you move debt from one credit card with high interest to another one that\u2019s offering a low-interest special for new customers.<\/p>\n Some credit cards offer balance transfer facility of 0% interest for the first 12 months. However, do read the fine prints as some cards come with an upfront fee of about 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/span>2. Stop paying interest (whenever possible)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n