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Lifestyle DeskIssue #18 · Jul 4

The annual lifestyle-creep audit, in one sitting.

Not a budget. Not an app. Just one honest hour with last year's statements and a highlighter.

Sam Okafor

The Smart Money

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Pull twelve months of statements. Highlight every recurring charge. Circle every category that grew more than 20% year over year without a real reason. That's your audit.

You're not looking to cut everything. You're looking for the two or three lines that quietly doubled and stopped feeling like a choice. Those are the ones worth a real decision.

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