Why you must earn before you spend

Today’s message is all about why you must earn before you spend.

If you want to build wealth, then developing good money habits is essential, dear reader.

And if you’re a parent, it’s a good idea to encourage your children to develop good money habits as well.

In fact, if you can only give your children one piece of financial advice, then the best piece of advice is included in the quote above. I can’t repeat it often enough. Earn before you spend.

WHY YOU MUST EARN BEFORE YOU SPEND
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Far too many people today do the exact opposite.

People spend money they don’t have to impress people they probably don’t even like. The result is a burden of debt from which it can be very hard to escape.

Occasionally, we all want to buy those big-ticket items. A nice television, nice furniture, a nice personal computer, tablet, or smartphone, et cetera. Naturally, these are things we all want. The question is, does it make sense to incur debt to own these things?

My advice is to save the money first and then buy the thing you really want.

Financing schemes are there to make other people rich. And by using unsecured finance, that always means you’ll pay a lot more for items acquired using credit.

The buy now, pay later deal comes with a high interest rate added. So inevitably, if you go down this road, you’ll end up paying a lot more than you would otherwise.

Yes, you’ll receive the item more quickly; that’s true. However, you’ll enrich someone else at your own expense. In what way does that make sense? After all, a debt burden can prove very stressful.

Now, be honest with yourself; there really are very few things in life we couldn’t live without if we really had to, surely?

Look after your own interests rather than lining the pockets of other people while impoverishing yourself and your family in the process. That is today’s life tip.

Financial education matters, and the sooner you get one, the better.

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