Enjoying the occasional shopping trip is not unusual by any means, but one too many shopping sprees can mean financial ruin and emotional distress. If you love to shop, learn to know when to give it a rest to maintain your financial health. If you use shopping to comfort yourself emotionally, you should take a look at the way you shop. Before you shop, know what you have to avoid buying duplicates. Make a shopping list and stick to it, and maybe set an item on hold before you buy it. You may even enlist the services of a financial advisor to help you get your spending on track, maintaining a healthy financial status.
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Carrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence.