I never thought that tracking my expenses would reveal anything, and it didn't enlighten me by itself.
It was only when I started categorizing my expenses did I realize where I was spending relatively large amounts.
One Surprise Large Category: Gifts
Weddings, My wife's nieces and nephews bdays, my bday, my wife's bdays, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Get Well flowers, My Parents Birthdays, my In-Laws Birthdays, Christmas, and Baby Showers.
We spend a ton of money on getting people gifts. I am going to have to figure out what I can do to curb this spending category.
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Isn't it interesting how the classic tool for debt reduction is tracking spending, but how few of us actually do it?
I'd love to see a poll about this on here sometime.
Good luck with the gifts. I've found it to be an easy area to get creative with in terms of giving and spending.
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