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Pro tip: my barber talked me out of a $45 beard trim and it saved my whole budget
I sat down in his chair in Boise last month and mentioned I was trying to save $200 a month, and he just said "skip the trim, buy a $15 pair of scissors and watch one video." I did it that night and my beard looks fine, plus that $45 went straight into my emergency fund. What small thing did someone talk you out of paying for that ended up working out?
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fiona_murphy22d ago
Oh man, good for you for actually listening! I feel like half the time someone tries to talk me out of paying for something I just nod and then go pay for it anyway out of habit. The barber thing gets me too because there's this weird guilt about being loyal to the person who cuts your hair, like you owe them the extra service. But $45 for a beard trim is wild when you really think about it, that's basically a whole tank of gas. Putting it straight into your emergency fund instead is such a smart move, most people would've just spent it on something else dumb within a week.
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