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The Rachel Cruze Show

16 Ways to STOP Throwing Your Money Away

The Rachel Cruze Show

Ramsey Network

Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

Everyone's money situation looks different, but there's one universal question that people ask all the time,

0:11.5

regardless of their financial background. How do I stop overspending? Well, today I'm going to share

0:16.6

16 quick ways to stop throwing your money away. Now make sure to like, subscribe, and share this video with a friend.

0:23.5

Okay, listen, spending money, first and foremost, it is not bad.

0:26.3

I feel like some people hear spending money and they're like, oh my gosh, it's terrible.

0:28.8

Now, if you don't have the money to spend, yeah, not so great.

0:32.0

But spending money in general is fine.

0:34.1

Like, we have to spend money to survive. And if you have surplus, if you have margin,

0:37.9

you can spend on things that you want. But it's this problem of spending when we don't need to,

0:43.1

right? And it is just like gathering all these wants. We don't want that to be a practice in our

0:47.1

life. And you want to make sure that you have the money to actually spend. Now, if you have a

0:52.0

tip beyond what we talk about today, make sure leave it in the comments.

0:55.2

All right. We're going to go quick here. You ready? Number one, tips for not overspending.

1:00.0

Identify your spending tendency. So it's always good to know who you are when it comes to

1:05.8

spending. So are you a natural spender? If so, maybe a little caution around spending.

1:10.7

Are you a saver? Do you prioritize

1:12.9

buying quality things or quantity? Do you like a bunch of things, right? So just knowing how you

1:18.1

actually spend and why you spend is really helpful, especially for tip number two. You want to

1:23.9

create a budget. So this is going to help you not overspend.

1:29.2

So you do a monthly budget.

1:33.1

Have your income at the top, list out all of your expenses, including giving and saving,

1:34.9

put dollar amounts next to everything. And the goal is your income minus all of those expenses and giving and saving should equal zero.

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