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8.<\/p>\n

“I’m lowering my monthly budget for eating out, and that means I’ll probably have to monitor my spending weekly. It’s not a huge drop because eating out is one of my very few splurges, but as such, it’s one of the only categories of spending I can bring down.”<\/p>\n

“My spouse and I are trying to do weekly meal prep, seeing it as an opportunity to spend time cooking together and take away the daily decision-making.”<\/p>\n

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