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Hold on to your cash, with tips and advice from Chatelaine's Money & Work Editor, Jacqueline Nunes.
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YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MAKE.
But where does it all go?
You know your annual income. And you know how much of it you spend on big-ticket items, like your mortgage, rent or car payments. But what about groceries? Or school? Clothes? Coffee? Haircuts? Do you know how much you spend on all of that?
Probably not. No wonder why you can’t seem to save money—and why you seem to be living paycheck to paycheck. There’s a phrase, “Failure to plan, is a plan for failure.” And without a plan, your money goes where your impulse leads—and that’s not always to the bank.
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