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things I stopped buying on a low income 💰💸💲

When you’re low income, it’s not usually the big purchases that hold you back — it’s the small, frequent spending that quietly eats your budget.

I didn’t stop buying everything fun. I stopped buying things that didn’t actually improve my life. Convenience spending, trend-based purchases, and daily treats felt harmless, but they were the reason my money never stretched far enough.

Once I cut these out (or limited them), I noticed:

• Less end-of-month stress

• Fewer overdrafts

• More room for bills and savings

Low income spending habits aren’t about deprivation — they’re about intention.

If you don’t miss it after stopping, it was probably costing you more than you realized 🤍

#moneyhabits #lemon8challenge #budgeting #moneyhacks #MoneyTips

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I stopped doing a lot of things. I don’t go out for burgers anymore. I go to the store and I buy a better burger to make it home. I don’t go out for coffee. I have a really good coffee machine. I make my own coffee now I don’t just go to the store and just buy anything I like doing thrift thing I think it’s fun and a lot of times you can get things for really inexpensive and if you go in the mall, it’s gonna be like three times the price so I don’t really go for all those pricey things anymore. I have learned how to be humble with a lot of things and I’m very happy plus you can do a lot of things also with the dollar tree. They have a lot of things that you can make that on TikTok they’re expensive and you can make it for pennies so you just have to be creative and ingenuity

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