7 Ways you throw away money every day

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11 Oct

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Many consumers routinely waste hard-earned cash-often without realizing it. Here’s how you can break this costly cycle. Unnecessary expenses can eat away at your bank account without providing you any real benefit. Taken one by one, these everyday spending errors might seem small. but they can add up to thousands of dollars wasted each year. Following are seven examples of how people waste money every day – and how you can avoid these bad habits:

Paying ATM fees
Not unplugging idle electronics
Not using a gym membership
Paying for services you don’t use
Subscribing to magazines
Wasting food
Stopping a convenience stores

About the Author

Written by Donna Taylor

Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is the Pastor of Andrew Chapel, United Methodist Church on the Northern Neck in Montross, VA. Rev. Dr. Taylor promotes best practices for financial literacy and financial empowerment in the church and leads workshops throughout Northern Virginia. Currently, she serves as the Chair of the District Finance Committee. In May 2015, Rev. Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Ministry from Virginia University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, VA. Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is married to Dr. David Taylor, who is also the Director of our church-based free clinic. They have two adult children and three grandchildren. In her leisure time, Rev. Dr. Taylor enjoys traveling, jogging, weightlifting, swimming, yoga, and interior decorating. In May 2015, Rev. Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Ministry from Virginia University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia. Rev. Dr. Taylor was born and raised in New York City and recently discovered her ancestral roots in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Rev. Dr. Donna Taylor is married to David Taylor and they have a son and a daughter. Their daughter is a educator and son is an Active-Duty Senior Seaman in the Navy married with three children. In her leisure time, she enjoys traveling, reading, swimming, writing poetry, crocheting and spending time with her family.