Change my spending habits.

I wasn’t a big spender in college, but I definitely bought anything I wanted, and I ended up with a lot of clutter. After I moved into my own apartment, I saw just how bad it had gotten and started to declutter and cut back on my spending. You don’t have to radically change how you spend money to really see your savings add up…

I cut out one of my hobbies, the most expensive one, which is collecting autographs. That, with the Star Trek/sci fi memorabilia, took thousands from me every year. Actually, I kept records one year, and you wouldn’t believe how much.

I think I’m doing better on cutting down on clothing costs, which I did mostly through Lands End catalogs. I still do that occasionally, but I’m trying to tie any buying there to an actual event coming up.

I have been doing this recently and it has changed my life. I even take my lunch to work. I can’t believe the money I save and all the money I wasted. If I could get it back I’d be much more careful about how I spend money.

I’d like to change the spending routines I get into that don’t help me by loading my house and my life with useless and trivial THINGS.