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Does Your Spending Reflect Your Priorities?

When most of your money goes toward providing what’s most important to you, you tend to live a more fulfilled life and feel more satisfied with the way you spend your money. It’s also easier to stick to your personal finance plan when its objectives are
to get you what you really want out of life.

Because life priorities can differ drastically from person to person, it’s important to be aware of your own personal values. What do you really want from life? What kind of lifestyle do you seek? What are your life goals? Does your spending reflect those things?

Follow these steps to help determine if your finances are in alignment with your priorities:

1. List your priorities. You might notice different levels of priorities as you write yours down. Things like having a place to live and plenty of food to eat are your basic priorities.

However, you’ll most likely include some “necessary” priorities to ensure a strong future for yourself and your family members, like maintaining good health or providing your kids with a good education.

Also, list things you love to do that seem more like “luxury” priorities, like reading, traveling, or playing golf. These might be on a lower level of
priority than your basic priorities, but, nevertheless, they’re still important to you, so include these as well.

Now, write down how you spend most of your money. Where does it go? Although you may get annoyed that much of your money goes toward the mortgage or paying rent, the fact is that we all require a roof over our heads. You might consider the type, size, and expense of your home and whether you’ve gone too far in terms of house expenses. If so, where you live and the mortgage/rent payments might require re-evaluation on your part.

Maybe a good portion of your dollars goes to other necessary expenses like groceries and paying your utilities. But what else do you spend your money on?

Do you play slot machines on Saturday for fun and end up losing money? Maybe you love to shop and use shopping as a pastime that ends up
costing quite a bit. Perhaps you spend $20 a week on coffee and snacks or $30 a week having drinks with your friends. Thoughtfully consider where your money goes from week to week and write it down.

3. Finally, compare your lists. Take a look at your first list, the one with your priorities. Ponder each item; does every item accurately reflect what’s important to you? Now examine your second list, the one showing where your money goes. Do the lists appear connected? Does your money go mostly toward your priorities?

You might be shocked to learn that, even though you listed certain priorities like providing a good education for your children or having a
comfortable home, you’re spending $100 plus a week on eating out instead of starting an education fund.

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