Hi, my name is Diana Keane. I'm calling from Columbia, South Carolina, and Leather here

is already starting to get caught. 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 the heat at 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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This is NPR's Life Kit.

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 and credit cards, it's just way easier for those to snowball.

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

Over six months, I was charged about a thousand dollars for the bank overdraft fees and the credit card fees.

If this sounds familiar, tapping 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.

Don't worry, we are here to help.

This episode of Life Kit, we're going to talk about overdraft fees, credit card interest, the things that drain away your hard earned money.

You know, like a hagfish sucking on the belly of a whale as it's swimming by, which is gross.

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