Suze Orman's Spring CleanUp

Suze Orman's Spring Cleanup

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the March 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Start cleaning up your financial life!

You know you need to reach for the mop if:

You don't pay off your credit card balance every month.
Your credit card balance exceeds your monthly paycheck.
You pay your bills late, incurring costly fees.
You spend $10 a day on coffee, snacks, and cabs, yet you don't invest in a retirement fund.
You eat at expensive restaurants that are so out of your price range that you lose your appetite.
You have clothes that have never been worn and still have their tags.
Your closets are jammed with impulse purchases—grills, dehumidifiers, toys for the kids—that have never been used.
You buy things you can't afford.

If you recognize yourself in this list, start doing something! Suze lends her expert advice.

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