I have had a lot of fun in my 20s, traveling the world, buying cute clothes,
buying shoes and spending money on pretty much whatever I wanted to.
But when I got into my thirties,
I became a lot more intentional about what I was spending my money on,
which helped me not only save money, but time and space as well in some cases.
Today, I'm sharing with you 10 items that I have never or no longer spend money
on to hopefully help inspire you to be more intentional with your spending.
I am Tiffany Thomas with Wealthy
Tiffany Dotcom, and I am so much happier spending money on my priorities
and that has helped me to become financially free at age thirty eight,
which is what I help other people do, become financially free at a young age.
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The first thing that I have stopped spending money on is extra makeup.
I honestly used to spend so much time looking through articles online about
makeup, which one's the best, which eyeshadow to use, how to do makeup,
looking at Pinterest, all of the different makeup that people use.
I went to the store numerous times and bought so many different types
of makeup, including different eyeshadows or mascara or different primers
for the eyeshadow and foundation, all different kinds of makeup.
And here's what I have learned.
I have gone with what's good enough.
I kept looking for the perfect makeup,
the perfect eye shadow or the perfect mascara, and come to find out,
you can continue to do that and think, oh, there's going to be something better
and better and better and maybe there will be.
But the time you're spending and the money
that you're spending isn't really worth it.
At least for me it wasn't.
So I have gone with what's good enough
and I've stopped looking for the perfect makeup and everything.
I don't even wear that much makeup anyway,
so I just stick to the basics and call it good.
And now I can spend my time and money on more important things.
The second item that I have stopped
spending money on is cheap shoes, and this kind of includes high heels as well.
I already have a few pairs of heels that I really like, so I am good with that.
And now I'm looking more for flat and comfortable shoes or even just
a really low hill as long as it's comfortable.
And I want them to last a really long time.
And earlier this year,
I wanted to find a really good pair of sandals that were super comfortable
and really good quality that would last a long time.
So I kept my eye out for that and I ended up finding a pair at DSW.
So I purchased those and they ended up
being not that expensive because I waited for them to go on sale.
And now I have a go to pair of sandals that I can wear when I don't really want
to wear my flip flops, which are more casual.
But honestly, I love my flip flops.
They are the best flip flops I have ever found.
And I was one that didn't really wear flip flops.
I didn't like things between my toes.
But honestly, my one of my old roommates
had recommended these flip flops and I was like, OK, well, I'll give them a try.
And honestly, I've been wearing them for years and years.
I even more them to Disneyland to walk around the park in all day
and all night. They are Teva's.
I'm going to leave a link below in the description if you're interested
in a comfortable and still cute pair of flip flops.
OK, this is not about flip flops.
And with the high heels part,
I still wear the heels that I have to church or if there is some dress,
the activity that's not going to require me standing all night for hours on end.
But I'm not looking to buy any more heels because they are not that comfortable.
Item number three is souvenirs and I didn't really purchase a ton of souvenirs.
I used to collect key chains.
So I did have quite a few key chains from places that I had visited.
And then I switched over to earrings.
I really love wearing earrings.
You'll notice probably in every video that I've been wearing, a pair of earrings.
So that turned into kind of my souvenir.
But I just don't want to spend a ton of money on random things from random
places that is just going to sit in storage and not really be used.
I love taking photos, so I am more of a picture person.
I take pictures of places that I go
and keep them on my phone or even create a photo book.
I haven't done that for a while,
but with some of my favorite trips, I created photo books and I just love
looking at pictures rather than having things sitting around in boxes.
One souvenir that I did.
I really want to purchase this was very intentional.
I went to Jerusalem and I wanted to get
a nativity set from the olive wood that they have and I purchased that.
And I love that.
That is one souvenir
that is my favorite thing to put out at Christmas time.
And speaking of that souvenir,
so it's actually part of my holiday decorations and that is item number four.
I don't really spend a lot of money on holiday decorations.
I have very limited decorations and I
don't even have decorations for all of the holidays by any means.
Once again, it has to do with just storing a bunch of stuff.
And I would just rather not store all of that stuff and not have to search
through all of that stuff every holiday to find all of those decorations.
So holiday decorations for me are more minimalistic.
There's just a few things that I put out at certain holidays and call it good.
And that way I'm not having to have more room to store all of these holiday
decorations and then feel overwhelmed every holiday thinking, oh,
I have to get out all of the decorations, pull out all the boxes, whatever.
I just have a few things that I really enjoy putting out.
And it's pretty simple to do that.
I even have just a small Christmas tree.
It's not even that big.
So it takes very little time to put
that Christmas tree up and it takes hardly any storage space at all.
And item number five is sale clothing,
just buying clothing because it's on sale. And comment below
if you have ever done this,
if you've seen an item and it's such a good price that you think,
I just have to have that, even though you don't really need it.
I've been guilty of that.
And now I try to no longer do this.
I'm not going to get excited about a sale
price on something if it's not something I really want to buy or need to buy.
And it's not that I don't buy anything on sale anymore.
I do.
I just look for the items that I really want.
And then, like I mentioned before
with my shoes, I waited for them to go on sale and then I bought them.
And now I try to buy things that are a little bit nicer,
that are better quality, that are going to last even longer so
that I don't have to continue to look for that sale, to buy something over and over.
And I did use to take Ross trips with my girlfriends.
We would plan a time to go to Ross and we
would just pick out whatever looked cute and try it on and buy a bunch of things,
even though I really didn't need any of those clothes and I could have spent
that money on other things, that would have been more important to me.
And while it was fun to get together
with my girlfriends, we can do other things besides the shopping trips.
And #6 is sugary foods and this one is still a work in progress.
But I have come a long way.
I really have a sweet tooth.
I love dessert, I love sugar, although I don't love chocolate.
I know that's super weird,
but I love a lot of other desserts like sugar cookies, for example.
Lately I've been more intentional about the foods that I am picking out
to buy. I look at labels now to see how much
sugar is in there and especially the added sugars.
And it is unbelievable how much added
sugar is in so many different things that you would think are pretty healthy.
So start checking labels and let me know what you find out.
And like I mentioned,
I am not perfect at this, but I am so much better than I used to be.
I was actually talking with one of my old roommates and she was saying,
I remember when you used to eat Toaster Strudels all of the time.
You guys, I don't know if you've had a Toaster Strudel.
They are pretty good if you have a sweet tooth, but they are not good for you if
you're eating them every day for breakfast.
So I no longer buy Toaster Strudel.
I haven't for a really, really long time.
I eat oatmeal usually for breakfast and my channel is really about building wealth.
But if you don't have your health then how are you going to enjoy that wealth?
So it's really important that we take
a look at what we were eating and just become a little better each day.
Number seven is knick knacks.
I don't like a lot of clutter in my home
and so I don't purchase a lot of knick knacks.
I don't even really remember the last knick knack that I purchased.
I like having just a few things on my shelves rather than a whole bunch
of things, because if there's just a whole bunch, it just feels cluttery to me.
I don't even know if that's a word,
but it feels more cluttered to me and nothing really stands out.
And if you don't have so many knick knacks
all over, then it's a lot easier to dust, even though I'm not that great at dusting.
Number eight is alcohol and I've actually never spent money on alcohol.
I've never had alcohol before.
I don't believe in taking substances that alter your
state of being or weaken your judgment, so this is one that I've never spent money
on, and when I do hear how much people have spent on alcohol, it blows my mind.
It is so much money.
This is one thing that I have chosen to not spend any money on whatsoever.
And number nine is coffee.
And this is one that I have never spent
money on either because I've never had coffee.
I just don't believe in taking habit-forming substances.
And for me, this falls into that category.
And I know Graham Stephan loves his 20 cent iced coffee.
But you know what's even better?
The zero cent iced coffee, not drinking coffee at all.
My preference of drink is water.
It's free, it's refreshing and it's delicious.
This brings us to the last item, item number 10.
And this one is expensive beauty treatments.
I have had three pedicures in my life and I've only paid for two of those,
and one of which afterwards I thought I can do a better job than she did.
And I've never spent money on a manicure.
I've actually never dyed my hair before.
And I do realize I am getting a little bit older.
So that might change eventually.
But for now, I'm not spending money on that.
All of these expensive beauty treatments
can really add up to a lot of money over time.
And that goes for all of the items that I've mentioned.
There's just a little changes that we can
make and become more intentional with our spending to allocate money more toward
things that are important to us, that are going to bring us joy or happiness.
So take a look at the things you're spending money on and decide if that is
really what you want to be spending your money on.
Comment below and tell me what you're no longer spending your money on.
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