{"id":1728,"date":"2014-10-22T00:15:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2014-10-21T14:18:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T22:18:28","slug":"the-5-dumbest-ways-ive-wasted-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/the-5-dumbest-ways-ive-wasted-money\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Dumbest Ways I’ve Wasted Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I write a lot about personal finance. And while I try my hardest to dish out only financial advice that I actually follow myself, sometimes I fail.<\/p>\n Now didn\u2019t get me wrong, there\u2019s a lot that I do to keep my personal finances in track and then there are those things I slip up on but never tell you about.<\/p>\n So today I thought I\u2019d humanize myself a little more and tell you all about the major personal financial fails I\u2019ve had or still do commit.<\/p>\n You ready?<\/p>\n When I first got divorced a little over two years ago I went on a complete TV fast. I may have watched a combination of ten shows and movies over the span of a year and a half. Instead I was too busy working my butt off.<\/p>\n Then one day I realized I had access to Amazon Prime and could therefore watch free movies. I was hooked. I very quickly watched all the free horror movies I could. Then I ran out.<\/p>\n Being a horror movie junkie I started renting all kinds of movies at $3-$4 a pop. Sometimes literally paying $20 or more a week in these rentals. It got out of control.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve now cut way back to about one movie every other week. (But sometimes I fall of the band wagon!)<\/p>\n I\u2019m sensing a little instant gratification problem as I write this list\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n I\u2019m an avid reader. A total bookworm. And the Kindle has made that a problem for me. Instead of having to make a trip to the library or order a book and wait for it to come to me, I can just click a button and have new reading material.<\/p>\n To try and curb this impulse I\u2019ve been checking the daily free eBook lists and not allowing myself to purchase a new book before completely reading the one that I\u2019m on.<\/p>\n This happened ten years ago when I was eighteen. I remember being so excited to get credit card offers. I thought this was my passage into adulthood.<\/p>\n# 1 \u2013 Buying a Crap Load of Amazon Instant Videos<\/h2>\n
# 2 \u2013 Buying Too Many Kindle Books<\/h2>\n
# 3 \u2013 Maxing Out a Credit Card and Then Not Remembering What I Bought<\/h2>\n