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Positive Outlook

by Flexo on March 3, 2005

in Economy

It’s true that maintaining a positive outlook can help keep your life together, generally or financially speaking. Here are steps from the CBS Marketwatch article:

* Identify your traps. Figure out what your excuses are. One of mine, for example, is I’m not making enough money to cover all of my expenses.

* Consider your goals. Perhaps my long-term goal is to not have to worry about being able to afford bringing up a family some day.

* Plan your rebuttals. A rebuttal for the excuse above may be that I need to cut back expenses even further.

* Put that plan into action. Perhaps its time for me to write out a new budget. Maybe I need to cancel cable or stop buying lunch for $6 to $7 from the office cafeteria every day. (Think that price is high? Our cafeteria food is actually partially subsidized. Imagine if it weren’t!)

Good tips, as always.

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Flexo, the owner and creator of Consumerism Commentary, has been blogging and writing for the internet since 1995 and has been building online communities since 1991. Find out more about him and follow him on Twitter.

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