Hi, my name is Diana Keene.

I'm calling from Columbia, South Carolina, and leather here is already starting to get hot.

And that reminded me of a change that I make to how I do laundry.

So whenever our air gets hot enough that we're running our air conditioning, I will hang up our laundry

instead of putting it in the dryer. And I found that this small change helps keep our house

more comfortable. And I also like it because then I don't feel like I'm paying to heat up my

house in the dryer and to cool it down.

So just wanted to pass that along in case it was helpful to anyone else,

especially since we're all spending most of our time at home.

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You know that feeling when you look at the windshield of your car and you see a parking ticket and it's just like oh parking tickets I should have just paid the meter and I'm stuck paying this 30 bucks it's kind of

the same thing with bank and credit card fees with parking tickets though maybe you get one or two a

year it's not the end of the world but with bank fees credit cards, it's just way easier for those to snowball.

And pretty soon it can be like the whole windshield of your car is just like plastered with tickets.

Over six months, I was charged about $1,000 for the bank overdraft fees and the credit card fees.

If this sounds familiar, what's happened to you?

You are not alone.

I mean, millions of Americans are paying huge piles of money in bank fees and high-cost

debt.

It makes me feel like life is unfair.

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