Have trouble saving? Try 'financial fasting'

Have trouble saving? Try 'financial fasting'
Step away when your favourite store is having a sale. (Image: Getty)
Frances Cook
Whatever their income level, plenty of people struggle with putting aside money to save or invest. It’s the age-old problem. We want to be enjoying life now, but part of that enjoyment comes from knowing we have financial security. It’s not actually that fun to live life knowing you have no safety net if something goes wrong. But it can be hard to remind ourselves of that when a brunch invitation rolls around, or our favourite store is having a sale. First world problems? Sure. But a problem most of us deal with,...

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