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If You Will Live Like No One Else…
The best budgeting advice I’ve read.
This article was inspired by a writing prompt published under The Storyteller’s Vault Non-Fiction Writing Prompts — Week Five article.
I finished reading Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover per the suggestion of an Instagram post by getbetterwithbooks listing eight books a person should read to make more money in 2022.
Ramsey’s publication is dedicated to helping individuals get out of debt. The author gives advice on his personal experiences by documenting his mistakes along with the things he took to get back on the path to financial freedom, including personal testimonies from people who followed his system. There were excellent tips throughout The Total Money Makeover like creating an emergency savings fund and not keeping up with the fictional Joneses, but the one that resonated with me was the following statement from the author:
“If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.”
That simple statement, which the author refers to as “the Total Money Makeover Motto,” is important for anyone wanting to not only eliminate debt, but it’s also applicable for anyone wanting to live a more prosperous and better life. You can make all the plans to develop and have better money management skills, but…