{"id":16154,"date":"2019-09-30T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T22:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.eztaxreturn.com\/?p=16154"},"modified":"2023-06-06T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:40:56","slug":"signs-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eztaxreturn.com\/blog\/signs-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-money\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Signs You Have an Unhealthy Relationship with Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, you can earn a six-figure salary and still be broke.\u00a0 In fact, you can earn all the money in the world and still find a way to blow it, if you don\u2019t have good financial habits.\u00a0 We all know you\u2019re supposed to pay your bills on time, keep your spending to a minimum and save for a rainy day.\u00a0 However, it\u2019s easier said than done.\u00a0 Here are four signs that you have an unhealthy relationship with money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>You don&#8217;t even bother to open your bills<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;re not blind, you obviously know the bills are there, but you&#8217;ve made it your mission to avoid them at all costs.\u00a0 Newsflash, your bills aren&#8217;t going to pay themselves.\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to take off your blinders and see how much damage you&#8217;ve done.\u00a0 So you can start fixing your relationship with your money.\u00a0 Open every single piece of mail and create a list of your <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debt<\/a>.\u00a0 Jot down who you owe, the balance, interest rates and due dates.\u00a0 Then order your list from the highest to lowest based on the interest rate.\u00a0 Paying off your bills in this order is the cheapest way to get out of debt.\u00a0 If you need to see results to stay motivated, start paying your debts from the lowest to highest balances instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Saying &#8220;no&#8221; is not an option<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Expensive vacations, nights out on the town, it doesn&#8217;t matter if your wallet is running on empty, you&#8217;re going anyway.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll just throw the expense on your credit card and worry about it later.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s be clear, fitting in with your friends is not more important than your financial health.\u00a0 Although it&#8217;s normal to want to be accepted by others, you need to know where to draw the line.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t keep accepting invitations to things that are out of your price range because you&#8217;ll wind up broke.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t be ashamed or embarrassed to let people know that certain activities aren&#8217;t in your <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">budget<\/a> right now.\u00a0 Your true friends will respect you for being honest and if they want you to go bad enough, they may offer to foot the bill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hiding purchases from your partner has become the norm<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You know that if you come home with one more shopping bag, your partner is going to have a fit.\u00a0 For some people, that\u2019s enough to curb their spending but nope, not you.\u00a0 You rather just hide your purchases to avoid an argument.\u00a0 You may even snip off the price tags to pretend it&#8217;s been in the back of your closet for a while.\u00a0 Not only are you being dishonest, but you&#8217;re putting you and your partner&#8217;s financial future at risk.\u00a0 Take some time to find out the real reason behind your spending and look for other ways to cope.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a good idea to fess up to your partner and offer a sincere apology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>You\u2019re in the red every month<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An obvious sign that you have an unhealthy relationship with money is that you overspend every month.\u00a0 Overdraft fees vary based on the bank but cost no less than $20 per item, so we doubt you can afford to rack them up.\u00a0 Do yourself a favor and develop a monthly spending plan.\u00a0 Grab a pen, paper and calculator, then create separate lists for your monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">income<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Expense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expenses<\/a>.\u00a0 When you\u2019re done, compare both lists.\u00a0 If your expenses are higher than your income, you need to put some things on the chopping block.\u00a0 Keep cutting away at the unnecessary expenses until you\u2019re no longer in the red.\u00a0 Track your spending throughout the month and tweak your budget as needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Online tax filing made fast and ez.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, you can earn a six-figure salary and still be broke.\u00a0 In fact, you can earn all the money in the world and still find a way to blow it, if you don\u2019t have good financial habits.\u00a0 We all know you\u2019re supposed to pay your bills on time, keep your spending to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.13 (Yoast SEO v20.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Signs You Have an Unhealthy Relationship with 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