“Never spend your money before you have it” Thomas Jefferson
From the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep, you make constant choices. Should I eat the salad instead of the burger? Should I go jogging after work? And much much more. Over time we form habits, good and bad ones. Every day, we constantly try to implement more good habits in our daily routine. “Running on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday; High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on Monday and Thursday”, those are mine with few “Should I go and grab a coffee with a friend and skip the HIIT for today?”. Of course, the better your lifestyle is the better your physical fitness will be.
Financial fitness, like physical fitness, is mostly about good habits. Here are the 6 habits to adopt for better financial health.
Know how much you make and how much you spend
Knowing how much you make every month is where you should start. If you have a fixed salary, it is easy. More difficult if your salary depends on commission. Even harder if it is purely based on them.