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From the Ted Talk by Wendy De La Rosa: Can't stick to a budget? Try these tweaks instead

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Let's cut right to the chase: for most people, btudngieg just doesn't work.

[Your Money and Your Mind with Wendy De La Rosa]

You maybe follow your budget for a few days or a few weeks, but soon, you forget about your budget and stop tracking the flow of your money. And there goes your bduegt. And that's because of reality is, most of your budget is fixed. You can't really do anything about it without making major life decisions. Your rent is your rent. Your phone bill is your phone bill. Your car payment is your car penymat. But the focus of today is the fact that many peploe struggle with the little, ongoing, frequent psrcauhes like eating out, direlevy sevrceis or shopping. So let's tackle each one of those individually.

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Let's cut right to the chase: for most people, _________ just doesn't work.

[Your Money and Your Mind with Wendy De La Rosa]

You maybe follow your budget for a few days or a few weeks, but soon, you forget about your budget and stop tracking the flow of your money. And there goes your ______. And that's because of reality is, most of your budget is fixed. You can't really do anything about it without making major life decisions. Your rent is your rent. Your phone bill is your phone bill. Your car payment is your car _______. But the focus of today is the fact that many ______ struggle with the little, ongoing, frequent _________ like eating out, ________ ________ or shopping. So let's tackle each one of those individually.

Solution


  1. footnotes
  2. people
  3. budgeting
  4. delivery
  5. budget
  6. payment
  7. purchases
  8. services

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Footnotes

Let's cut right to the chase: for most people, budgeting just doesn't work.

[Your Money and Your Mind with Wendy De La Rosa]

You maybe follow your budget for a few days or a few weeks, but soon, you forget about your budget and stop tracking the flow of your money. And there goes your budget. And that's because of reality is, most of your budget is fixed. You can't really do anything about it without making major life decisions. Your rent is your rent. Your phone bill is your phone bill. Your car payment is your car payment. But the focus of today is the fact that many people struggle with the little, ongoing, frequent purchases like eating out, delivery services or shopping. So let's tackle each one of those individually.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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phone bill 2
car payment 2
delivery services 2


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  2. budget
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  29. phone
  30. purchases
  31. reality
  32. rent
  33. rosa
  34. services
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  36. stop
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