Here are five rules to help you stay locked in to your lifestyle for the next five years: * Always start by looking for a **free option**. * **Never buy new** when you can get the same benefit you would if you bought used. (It’s used as soon as you buy it anyway.) * **Never pay full price** if you can avoid it. * **Negotiate** and seek alternatives first. * **Delay major purchases** until you have written down ten alternatives to making the purchase and have thought through each one. * Save your splurging for Profit First quarterly disbursements! Yay! --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[frugality]], [[personal-finance]] **Source** — [[202303291359 - B - Profit First]]