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Category: Money Behaviors

Afraid of missing out on a purchase? Be savvy to the advertising techniques that get you to spend

Imagine yourself walking into a store, any store: The products are likely displayed in a beautiful array, near the front windows; there are sales people scattered around to help you with anything you need; and there are bright advertisements hanging from the ceilings, pasted on the walls, on stands near the checkout, that scream, “Sale!”… Continue reading Afraid of missing out on a purchase? Be savvy to the advertising techniques that get you to spend

Clothes shopping your downfall? Time to change the way you approach personal style!

When it comes to overspending, clothes are the downfall for many. We see an ensemble in a store window that we think we don’t already have in our closets, or justify our spending sprees because what we purchased was on sale or bought second-hand. I’m Veronica Grace Taleon, Program Manager at Stopping Overshopping, and I… Continue reading Clothes shopping your downfall? Time to change the way you approach personal style!

Are You Making Payments Too Quickly?

Forward​ ​movement,​ ​if​ ​we​ ​want​ ​to​ ​call​ ​it​ ​that,​ ​in​ ​Industry​ ​and​ ​technology​ ​has​ ​made​ ​monetary transactions​ ​faster​ ​than​ ​a​ ​speeding​ ​bullet.​ ​​ ​Today​ ​it’s​ ​common​ ​to​ ​be​ ​able​ ​to​ ​make​ ​and​ ​pay​ ​for​ ​a purchase​ ​simply​ ​by​ ​tapping​ ​your​ ​cell​ ​phone. Efficient​ ​and​ ​convenient?​ ​Yes. Risky​ ​and​ ​problematic?​ ​If​ ​you’re​ ​reading​ ​this​ ​soundbite,​ ​the​… Continue reading Are You Making Payments Too Quickly?

For Smart Cookies, Less Spending and More Saving is a Piece of Cake!

How do you rationalize your overshopping and overspending? Do you talk to friends about this?   Do some of them do the same thing? Stopping overshopping and ending overspending can actually be easier when you’re joining with others that are facing the same challenges.  The “Smart Cookies” are a group of five young women that… Continue reading For Smart Cookies, Less Spending and More Saving is a Piece of Cake!

The Ethics of Overcoming Shopping Addiction

Overcoming overshopping does not only bring individual relief; it’s great for the whole world. In a recent article titled Everyday Ethical Changes Every Person Can Make for a Better World in 2016,  online news outlet Quartz has listed spending less as one of the top ways to make more ethical choices. Spending less is an ethical change almost all… Continue reading The Ethics of Overcoming Shopping Addiction

Are You Giving Your Seasonal Shopaholic Credit Card Blanche?

We’re smack dab in the middle of Chanukah and there’s less than a week until Christmas, still plenty of time to limit holiday overspending and bring more meaning and merriment into your life.  I’ve written a piece, published yesterday in the Huffington Post that just might help you have a good, not a goods holiday–and… Continue reading Are You Giving Your Seasonal Shopaholic Credit Card Blanche?

The Holidays are Coming! Happiness? You’ll have MORE if you Don’t Go to the Store!

The holidays are coming. Not only do we begin brainstorming gifts for friends and family, we also think about our own wish list. Before you spend a whole lot of time, energy, and money in this pursuit, listen up. Research keeps showing us that the best and most satisfying presents don’t come in Santa’s big… Continue reading The Holidays are Coming! Happiness? You’ll have MORE if you Don’t Go to the Store!

Can A Handbag Save You Money? You Might be Surprised.

Millions of us and, and particularly shopaholics, are constantly buffeted by emotional waves that make it nigh on impossible to surf the urge to splurge. Mix in high-risk times and venues, credit card in hand, and it’s essentially a wipeout. Australian comparison website creditcardfinder.com.au, has devised a novel, potentially very effective, and time sensitive solution… Continue reading Can A Handbag Save You Money? You Might be Surprised.