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What the First Week Tells You

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What the First Week Tells You
Tracking What You Spend
6 MINWhat the First Week Tells You
What you'll learn
  • →Read the patterns that emerge in your first 7 days of tracking.
  • →Identify the three categories that almost always surprise people: subscriptions, food away from home, small impulse buys.
  • →Calculate the monthly cost of one small daily purchase you didn't realize you were making.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

Look at your first 7 days of tracking. Find one expense category you didn't realize was that big. Multiply it by 4 to see the monthly total. Multiply by 52 to see the yearly total. Sit with that number for one minute before you do anything about it.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
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Reflect

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