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How to Practice Mindful Spending

When every impulse buy is just a swipe away, it can be challenging to rein in that spending—but it's possible.

Creating a budget and deciding to stick to it is easy; carrying through on your plan is the hard part. For too many people, financial responsibility ends at having good intentions and real life gets in the way of all well-laid plans. A large part of the discrepancy between what someone wants to do and what he or she actually does is caused by a failure to spend mindfully. When every indulgence and impulse buy is just a swipe away, it can be challenging to rein in that spending instinct—but it's possible. Here’s how to learn the art of mindful spending. 

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