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Have you ever tried examining your spending habits? Are you a good or a bad spender?

If you are a good spender, perhaps you have a good account of your money. But if you are not a good one, here is a list of how to change your bad spending habits.

One of the best ways is to cut all your credit cards. Using a credit card tempts you to spend more along with the interest that you have to pay back. Your credit card is one of the main sources of your expenses’ stress and that makes the purchase price of your item much more expensive.

A debit card is much more preferable. That way you can’t spend more than you have in the bank, but even that can be dangerous if you are prone to impulse buying of luxury items.

Another way to change is to examine and track down all the things you have spent money on in the last few months. Properly identify if those are needs or wants.

A want can be classified as something that you can live without compromising your comfort.

Buying for new clothes even if you still have more can be classified as a “want”. Even eating out in malls or expensive restaurants can just be considered as “wants” by which you can cook meals at home.

Once you have defined what your needs are against your wants, the next step is to plan and to save for the future.

Maybe you need to start saving for the children’s education or your retirement. Maybe you have decided to save for something that isn’t really a need, but will help you to learn to save, so it is good in itself - something like a trip overseas or a cruise. This can be classed as setting long-term goals. This will help you to change your bad spending habits.

Keep track of all your finances. Have a record of all the incoming and outgoing finances. Monitor your money. So you may be more motivated to save it instead of spending.

Go with the green lights of saving and budgeting your money. Stop with the red light of your bad spending habits. In the long run, you will see good results for the traffic your of your money spending.