Discover if you’re a consumer
- You feel the need to reward yourself after a hard day of work by buying new clothes/accessories or eating out.
- Lifestyle creep controls your expenses. When your income increases, you buy a new car or a more expensive house.
- You reserve your credit card for unexpected expenses instead of using an emergency fund.
- You rationalize using a credit card to buy things you might not purchase with a debit card.
- When something is on sale, you feel the urge to buy it, even if you wouldn't have otherwise bought it.
- You follow social trends.
- You don't think you have money to invest or the time for it.
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