Sean Pyles

part of that impulse in me.

And so I have to be really on top of it.

Otherwise, you know, if I've gone on a vacation or I'm out of my regular habit of managing my finances for whatever reason, for whatever's going on in my life, it can be kind of tempting just to be like, I'll check it later.

I'll check it later.

But it feels so nice just to know what's going on with your money and to be more empowered and just honestly make an informed decision about where your cash is going.

Because for so long, I was just flying by the seat of my pants and

Eventually the pants were no longer.

I was wearing no pants.

I had to build kind of my own administrative infrastructure.

So part of that was setting up auto pay for all of my credit cards.

And I almost view that as like a looming threat over my checking account.

I know that the money is going to come out at a certain time.

So that...

pushes me to log into my account on a more regular basis.

So I am more on top of my spending and I end up paying off my cards about weekly.

So just tricking myself into being accountable and responsible is a big one.

So whatever way you can trick yourself into doing that works for you, right?

And then really just getting clear about the general shape of my budget.

Back in that time when money was tighter, I had a much clearer understanding of where my money was going in terms of, I mean, we would call it now like 50-30-20 framework, but

Really just what were my needs and then how much can I spend on like just goofing off with my friends and going out to the clubs.