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The $5 Latte Lie

Damon Carr

The $5 Latte Lie - Damon Carr

โ˜•โš–๏ธ ๐“๐‡๐„ $๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐€๐“๐“๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐„!

Order in the court! The People versusโ€ฆ a five dollar latte?

Your Honor โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ข๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž.

Are small leaks real? Absolutely. Forgotten subscriptions bleeding you $15 at a time? Guilty. A $40 delivery bill for a $20 dinner? Guilty!

But sometimes you gotta address the SHIP in the room. ๐Ÿšข

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž: ๐…๐จ๐จ๐. ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says housing takes ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ‘% of your income, transportation ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.๐Ÿ–%, food ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ–%. Add it up โ€” thatโ€™s ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง, gone before a latte even crosses your mind. Off your take-home pay? It feels like 75%.

I ask my followers every year: which bill do you hate paying the most? The number one answer isโ€ฆ ALL OF THEM! ๐Ÿคฃ

A USA Today survey found ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž #๐Ÿ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ%, housing stresses 45%, transportation 35%. Funny โ€” nobody said the latte.

I even tried to outsmart the grocery bill myself. Did the shopping, came home with three bags and a rotisserie chicken I didnโ€™t needโ€ฆ and a total HIGHER than the month before. Turns out the groceries really are that expensive. I shut up until next month. ๐Ÿค

The fix? ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” off your take-home pay: housing 30%, transportation 12%, food 10%. Thatโ€™s ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ% ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž, leaving 48% to save, invest, and actually live.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ. Mind the small leaksโ€ฆ but address the ship in the room. Get the Big Three under control, and you can sip that latte in peace. โ˜•โœŒ๐Ÿพ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Ž๐ง!

๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐€ ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ž๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ? ๐‡๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ!

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โœ๐Ÿพ Damon Carr, Financial Planner, Money Coach, Tax Pro & Real Talk Specialist.

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