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10 Money Traps You’re Stuck In Without Even Realizing 💸 (Break Free Now)
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Jul 18, 2025
Are you working hard but still feel like you’re not getting ahead financially? You might be stuck in invisible money loops that silently drain your income and trap you in the same financial place — month after month. In this video, we reveal the Top 10 financial traps most people fall into without even knowing — and how to break out of them starting today. You’ll discover: 🔁 How "just one more" purchases lead to long-term debt 📉 Why paying the minimum on your credit card keeps you poor 🚗 How lifestyle upgrades trap you in paycheck-to-paycheck living 📅 And the sneaky habits that look normal but kill your savings These loops are so common, we don’t even question them. But once you spot the pattern, you can take back control of your money and future. 👉 Stick around till the end for the one financial loop almost everyone is guilty of. 💬 Comment below: How many of these loops are keeping you stuck? 👍 Like, share, and subscribe for weekly videos that help you grow financially and live smarter.
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hello and welcome to top 10s you should
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know let's have a heart-to-he heart for
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a moment you work hard you put in the
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hours you're not lazy you're doing your
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best and yet when you check your bank
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account at the end of the month it's the
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same story you're stuck still broke
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still behind still one emergency away
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from disaster you wonder "why can't i
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get ahead is is it the economy my job my
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habits?" sometimes the real reason is
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silent it's invisible it's the financial
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loop you're stuck in one that keeps
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repeating itself without your permission
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these loops aren't obvious they look
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like normal life they sound like smart
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decisions but deep down they're costing
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you your peace your progress and your
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future so today we're diving deep into
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the top 10 financial loops you're
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trapped in without even knowing if you
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want to escape the paycheck to paycheck
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grind this is where the escape begins
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grab a seat grab your notebook let's
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break the cycle one earning more
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spending more you get a raise a better
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job a bonus and you feel proud
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rightfully so but almost immediately
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without thinking you start spending more
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you upgrade your car you move into a
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pricier apartment you dine out more
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often suddenly your expenses catch up
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with your new income and before you know
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it you're just as broke as before only
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now with nicer things this is called
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lifestyle inflation and it's a sneaky
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loop that feels like progress but it's
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really just a treadmill you work harder
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and earn more but your financial freedom
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doesn't move you're still waiting for
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someday when you'll finally save but
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someday never comes the truth just
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because you can spend more doesn't mean
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you should break this loop by locking in
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your lifestyle while your income rises
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channel the difference into savings
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investments and debt payoff your future
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self will be thankful too paying
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minimums on debt it feels like you're
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doing the right thing paying something
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is better than nothing right but minimum
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payments are designed to trap you that
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$4,000 credit card balance if you pay
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just the minimum it could take decades
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to clear and over that time you'll pay
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thousands sometimes tens of thousands in
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interest alone this loop makes you feel
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like you're making progress when in
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reality you're just treading water you
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see the same balance month after month
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and you wonder why you're never free
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it's exhausting the way out prioritize
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one debt and attack it with everything
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you've got while making minimums on the
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rest every extra dollar chips away at
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the chain you don't need to be debtree
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overnight you just need to stop feeding
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the loop three confusing wants with
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needs i need this that phrase gets us in
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trouble more than we realize the problem
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is we often confuse comfort with
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necessity that daily $7 coffee isn't a
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need that weekend shopping trip that
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brand new phone upgrade those aren't
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essentials they're cravings and every
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time you indulge and justify you're
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normalizing the loop you're teaching
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your brain that temporary desire equals
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long-term value but it doesn't the
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dopamine fades the item gets dusty and
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the bank account suffers breaking this
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loop takes honesty ask yourself before
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any purchase will this improve my life
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in 30 days 6 months a year if not wait
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let the urge pass reclaim control over
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your money and your mind using credit as
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a safety net you run out of cash so you
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fall back on your credit card gas
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groceries even rent it starts as
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survival but slowly becomes a habit you
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start depending on borrowed money for
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basics and now you're not just paying
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for today you're paying interest on
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yesterday this loop keeps you in a cycle
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of debt stress and dependency the way
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out build a small emergency fund even
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$500 use cash or debit for daily
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spending credit should be a tool not a
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lifeline
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five subscribing to everything using
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almost nothing that $9.99 here $4.99
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there it feels small harmless but over
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time subscriptions become financial
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quicksand you forget about them you
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hardly use them but they quietly pull
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$100 $200 or more from your account
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every month the loop guilt you tell
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yourself you'll use them next week but
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you don't and the charges continue break
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free by doing a subscription audit every
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3 months cancel ruthlessly and remember
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if you're not using it you're renting
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regret
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six ignoring financial education let's
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be honest most of us were never taught
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about money not in school not at home so
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we wing it and when we don't understand
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how interest works or how investing
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builds wealth we avoid it altogether
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that avoidance becomes a loop of
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ignorance fear and inaction but
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knowledge is power and it's never been
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more available podcasts youtube blogs
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financial education is everywhere start
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small one concept a week the more you
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know the freer you become so seven
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living for appearances you buy the
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outfit the phone the vacation not
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because you need it but because you want
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to be seen having it social media fuels
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this loop we compare we compete we post
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but behind the filters is financial
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strain you're trying to look rich
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instead of becoming rich the truth real
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wealth is quiet it's the savings you
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don't post the investments nobody sees
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the peace of mind when bills come in and
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you don't flinch break this loop by
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focusing inward not outward postponing
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investing because it feels too late or
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too small you think investing is for
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rich people or older people or people
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who know the stock market so you delay
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another month another year but here's
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the truth the earlier you start the
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better even if it's just $20 a week
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because time not timing is the real
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power of investing the loop is thinking
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"i don't have enough." when in reality
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starting is enough begin where you are
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compound growth needs one thing your
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commitment nine relying on one source of
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income one job one paycheck one stream
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that's how most people live but in
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today's economy that's not just risky
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it's dangerous one change a layoff a cut
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in hours and your whole life spirals
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that's the loop you trade all your time
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for one income stream and it keeps you
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financially fragile the exit start
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something small on the side freelancing
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flipping tutoring anything that gives
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you a second leg to stand on because
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stability doesn't come from one income
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it comes from options 10 not setting
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clear money goals you work you earn you
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pay you repeat but what's the goal
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saving some money isn't a goal getting
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out of debt is vague without clear
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financial targets how much by when and
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why you drift you react instead of plan
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and that's a loop that keeps you from
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building real wealth define your goals i
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want to save $5,000 in 12 months for a
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down payment now your money has
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direction and direction breaks cycles
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there you have it 10 financial loops you
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might be trapped in without even
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realizing it some of these loops whisper
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they don't scream they blend into your
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daily routine disguised as normal
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reasonable even smart choices but slowly
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quietly they drain your energy your
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progress and your wealth and the
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scariest part they feel safe they feel
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familiar they feel like just the way
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things are but the truth is you don't
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have to live like that you don't have to
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spend your entire life stuck in the same
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cycle working hard earning more yet
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never really moving forward because
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recognizing the loop is the first step
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to breaking it so now it's your turn
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look inward which of these loops hit you
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the hardest was it lifestyle inflation
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emotional spending avoiding financial
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education be honest not for me but for
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you drop your thoughts in the comments
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let's build a space where people talk
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about money openly without shame without
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fear because here's what i believe and i
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hope