Financial habits to leave behind in 2025

Life Kit

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

As we say goodbye to 2024, let's also bid farewell to some less than ideal money habits — like unnecessary impulse purchases, credit card debt getting out of hand and the trap of lifestyle creep. This episode will give helpful tips on how to start the new year on good financial footing.

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0:31.4	Hey everybody, it's Mariel.
0:34.1	Happy almost new year.
0:36.2	In this moment, right on the cusp of a new year, a lot of us have started looking at our credit card bills and our bank statements and thinking, oh boy, I need to get my finances in order.
0:46.1	And there are lots of ways to go about that.
0:48.2	On this episode of Life Kit, I'm going to share wisdom from experts we've interviewed over the years, specifically on financial habits to leave behind in 2024.
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