Warning: I used a cash envelope for groceries and a separate jar for gas. The envelope saved me $80 last month.

The envelope had a strict $300 limit for food. The gas jar was just a 'use it when it's there' thing. I blew through the gas money in two weeks but stuck to the grocery budget easy. Anyone else find that having a physical limit for each category is the only way it works?

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3 Comments

sarah_kelly782mo ago

Wow, I was totally against cash systems but your results are so convincing. That physical limit is a game changer for real.

vera6682mo ago

Physical limit? Try losing your wallet once.

henderson.mason1mo ago

Remember that time I left my card at a bar after a few drinks? Woke up to like eight pending charges for pizza all over the city, lmao. Took three days to get the bank to cancel them.