The book that taught me to stop my frivolous spending habits!

…..And how budgeting helped more than just my finances

Anna Riley
3 min readJul 21, 2022

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I had a book on budgeting on my reading list for months. I wish I had bought it earlier than I did.

I finally bought and read The One Week Budget by Tiffany Aliche recently. (Linked her name to her website to read more about her).

For some reason, budgeting helped me budget more than just money!

First, of course, it helped with my finances. The author has you use grids to list your bills and income. So far, it’s working for me, along with her other steps to help with a budget system.

I like her writing style. Very relatable and easy to follow her plan too.

Once I got serious about keeping track of my finances and spending less on things I didn’t need, it spun into other areas.

I am organizing how I wash clothes, clean, and sort through things. I’m unsure if the system just stuck with me and I somehow applied it to these other tasks or if I was heading in that direction anyway. (Regardless if I read the book or not).

I’ve been trying to lead a minimal life for some time now. After sorting and decluttering for a while, I felt in…

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Anna Riley
Anna Riley

Written by Anna Riley

* Proud Mom of two daughters * Grandmother to an adorable toddler girl * Ageless spirit * Still learning in my sixtes * Personal blog in the works!

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