West Loop Financial LLCTo Get at the Root of Spending, Pay Attention – West Loop Financial LLC https://www.westloopfinancial.com Evolutionize Site Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.22 To Get at the Root of Spending, Pay Attention https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2015/11/02/to-get-at-the-root-of-spending-pay-attention/ https://www.westloopfinancial.com/2015/11/02/to-get-at-the-root-of-spending-pay-attention/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:00:13 +0000 http://evolvemypractice.com/?p=2293 In personal finance, almost all of the advice we come across seems to focus on playing defense. We’re always looking for ways to build bigger and better walls to protect ourselves from bad behavior: Cut up the credit cards. Pay only with cash. Stick to a budget. Hide the passwords. It’s all good advice, but...

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]]> In personal finance, almost all of the advice we come across seems to focus on playing defense. We’re always looking for ways to build bigger and better walls to protect ourselves from bad behavior: Cut up the credit cards. Pay only with cash. Stick to a budget. Hide the passwords.

It’s all good advice, but it’s defensive. And no matter how big the wall, our smarter, more clever self will find a way around, under or over it.

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