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It's no lie, being a girl is expensive.
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It's no lie, being a girl is expensive.
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I mean, compared to men,
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there are so many more things that girls have to pay for in order to look and feel the way we do.
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Makeup, hair, clothes are periods.
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But you wanna know who set that system up?
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Actually, I think it's 50-50.
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And don't cancel me, let me explain.
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Yes, beauty standards are crazy and dictated by the male perspective.
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However, women fall for it and I don't think we even question what we're spending our money on.
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Think about the phrases like,
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treat yourself, I'm just a girl, princess treatment.
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Sometimes I feel like we use femininity as an excuse to spend.
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But really, this just keeps women poor and dependent on men to be the breadwinners.
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That being said, I get it.
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It's freaking hard not to shop.
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I mean, it's basically embedded in our DNA.
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The girls just yearn to gather.
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But at some point, we have to be honest with ourselves and ask,
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why do we just accept these expenses as part of our life?
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So I am going to expose the 10 spending habits that are secretly keeping us girls broke.
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Now, if you do like to spend your money on these things,
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more power to you, keep doing it.
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But I think all of us can improve financially in some way,
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so let's get into it.
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I'm starting off with a big one,
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and I already know y'all are going to be blowing up my comments.
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But I think one of the biggest money drainers for women is getting your nails done every month.
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I grew up a little bit more on the tomboy side,
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so I never really did my nails.
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I also had a lot of hobbies,
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including guitar, so it never really made sense for me to get my nails done since they would just get ruined anyway.
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However, I have been to the salon,
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and I know that getting that fresh set feels so good.
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There's just something about having color on your nails that can really give you that confidence boost,
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but it is expensive.
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Let's say you spend 60 to $100 per appointment.
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That's like $80 on average, but that adds up to $960 a year just on nails.
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And that's only if you go once a month.
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I know some people that go more often than that.
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The other reason I've never been a nail girl is because I grew up in a very health conscious family.
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And my mom told me that salons are full of chemicals and so I didn't want to be exposing myself to that.
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I also have a lot of skin issues,
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including eczema on my hands.
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And so anytime I would get a manicure,
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my nails would just get so weak and bendy.
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So again, it just wasn't worth it to me.
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But this doesn't mean you have to stop getting your nails done.
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You can get at-home kits that cost like 50 bucks.
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I taught myself how to do my own nails like pretty quickly and it's just so much more convenient and cost-effective.
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So just really ask yourself if you genuinely like getting your nails done
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or if you feel pressured to because every other girl does it.
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And hey, there's nothing wrong with bare nails, okay? join the club.
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Speaking of other beauty services that I think are very overrated,
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I think traditional laser hair removal and waxing is like basically throwing your money away.
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Because think about it, you're going to be paying for it for the rest of your life.
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Like the hair will always grow back.
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And that's how these places make money.
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They say you only need like eight sessions to see results,
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but they don't tell you the results don't last forever.
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If they did, they'd be out of business.
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This is basically like getting your braces off and then having to wear a retainer every day.
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Like, you feel bamboozled.
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This is a forever kind of maintenance that the girls are just plagued with,
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because I think we are still so far away from body hair being socially acceptable on women.
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I wish this wasn't the case and that we could just run around free being hairy,
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Like, the math is not mathing there.
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Unfortunately, there are just some things I want to do at home to save money that I just can't.
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One of those being drinks.
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Girls, these cafes are robbing us in broad daylight.
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I do not think you need to be buying coffee or matcha every single day.
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I know it's a little sweet treat,
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it's something to look forward to every morning,
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but I don't think it's 100% about the drink itself.
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The reason why people still line up at Starbucks like clockwork is because they think they need it.
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Buying coffee is a ritual.
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It's become part of the routine.
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And the more you do something,
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the more it becomes part of your identity.
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But let's do the math here.
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Let's say one matcha runs you seven bucks,
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depending on where you live.
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I live in Chicago, so it's pretty overpriced.
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That's $49 a week or $2,548 a year just on one drink.
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But you can have that same ritual at home for a fraction of the price.
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Of course, you still need to buy the ingredients,
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but now you can make like 100 matchas.
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I don't want you to deprive yourself,
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but you do need to prioritize.
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Maybe you cut it back from every day to three times a week.
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Or instead of going to the most popular aesthetic coffee shop,
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you find one that's more affordable.
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The point is to know where your money is going and ask yourself if it's going to make you more money.
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If it's not a good investment,
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we should probably rethink the purchase.
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And I feel the same way about eating out or ordering delivery all the time.
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Yeah, I get it.
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Sometimes you just don't have the time or energy to cook.
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For me, ordering food is like a guilty pleasure.
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I don't do it often,
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but when I do, it feels so good.
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But if you eat out or order in multiple times a week or every day,
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I don't know, girl, that's a lot.
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Dare I say it's almost gluttonous.
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And I feel strongly about this for more than one reason.
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First of all, duh, it's gonna add up.
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Let's say you only buy lunch every single day.
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That's like $20 on average.
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Per week, it's $140.
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Per year, it's $7,280.
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And if you add that daily matcha in there,
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that's almost 10K on one meal and one drink.
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Ladies, I know we don't want to be in the kitchen all the time,
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but it's costing you.
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And it's really not that hard to prepare your own food.
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Some of you guys are just a little lazy.
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Now, even if you had all the money in the world,
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I still think that constantly ordering delivery is bad for you from a health standpoint.
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You don't know what's going into restaurant food,
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even at the healthy places.
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The sole purpose of restaurants is to sell the food,
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and the only way to sell it is if it tastes good.
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So they load it up with butter,
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seed oils, sugar, salt, all the stuff that's going to taste way better than if you made it at home.
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On top of all that,
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think about the environmental effects on delivery.
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Everything's in plastic containers, styrofoam plastic bags.
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Even those eco-friendly paper boxes are lined with plastic on the inside and they're not even recyclable.
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Every single delivery order creates so much unnecessary waste.
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Plus, you don't want to be constantly ingesting food that's been sitting in plastic,
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especially if it's hot.
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Those microplastics are just accumulating in your body and eventually it could lead to disease.
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Girl to girl, I'm not trying to fearmonger and say that you should never eat out.
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I like eating out.
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It's fun.
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It's social.
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I like trying new restaurants.
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But if you're doing it the majority of the time or ordering out of laziness,
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again, you just need to think about your priorities life is all about balance.
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You know the saying hate the player, not the game.
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I feel like that really applies to this next habit.
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It's not a surprise that the consumer industry targets women the most.
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But did you know that women control 85% of all consumer purchases in the United States?
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So it's no surprise that the beauty industry preys heavily on women and our insecurities.
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It's built on making you feel like you need something more than you actually do.
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But the truth is you don't need a gajillion beauty products.
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Yeah, the bottle says it's going to do something different to your face,
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but does it actually?
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If you took the time to read the ingredients list on the products you own,
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you'll find that most of them are doing the same thing.
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It's just different packaging.
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A $15 drugstore retinol has the same active ingredient as a $70 retinol.
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A cheap cleanser can clean your face just as well as a luxury cleanser.
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The thing you actually need to be paying attention to are the active ingredients on the label.
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This is the stuff that's actually going to have an effect on your skin.
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Everything else on the label is considered functional for the physical nature of the product.
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That being said, are there high-end products worth investing in?
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Absolutely.
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But most of your routines are more complicated than they need to be.
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Of course, I still like new beauty launches.
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I think every girl does.
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But you don't need to be running to Sephora every week.
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Just realize that 80% of these products is marketing, so save your cash.
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If you have a healthy lifestyle and take care of yourself,
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you won't need to be buying all these things.
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I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this because I almost fell for this next one.
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I swear these habits really catch you at your lowest when you're so desperate.
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A month ago, I was kind of obsessed with workout classes.
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And if you watch my vlogs,
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then you know I was going to them like multiple times a week.
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I was just not feeling great about my body and I felt kind of weak and flabby.
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And I also toured my first Equinox gym.
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And they were not lying about the aesthetics.
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Like, it's a very nice facility.
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Everything feels premium.
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They have La Labo in the bathrooms.
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And it kind of makes you feel better than everyone else.
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It's like, oh, I care about my health so much
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that I pay thousands every year just to be part of an exclusive gym so I can flex on everyone.
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I'm kidding.
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No shade to anyone that goes to Equinox.
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I'm just a hater because I can't afford that comfortably right now.
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But if I did, who knows?
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I just don't think that most of us need to be paying for super luxury fitness classes or gyms.
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The Equinox I toured is $260 a month, which is $3,120 a year.
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A standard gym membership is like 30 to 50 bucks.
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And it has all the same equipment as a high-end gym.
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I actually just canceled my Pilates membership and now I just walk and do YouTube workouts.
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It's pretty much the same thing and it gets the job done.
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The other money sucker is those damn workout sets.
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I can make a whole separate video about that.
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Guys, you're spending like $200 on one set that's entirely made out of polyester.
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Like, what are we doing?
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Yes, okay, they're cute, but you don't need a new set to feel motivated to work out.
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You just need discipline, girl.
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While we're on the topic of health and fitness,
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you also don't need multiple wellness gadgets in your life.
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If you want a whoop,
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Apple Watch, or a ring, fine, get one.
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But you don't need more than one because they all have the same functions.
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I wore a fitness ring for a year and a half,
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but I just recently took it off.
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Honestly, the reason is because it stopped working.
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But when I really thought about it,
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I wasn't even looking at my data.
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I was just tracking stuff for no reason.
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And if you're a hypochondriac or anxious about your health,
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I don't recommend it.
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Unless you have a health condition that requires you to track your biomarkers,
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I don't think you need it.
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The metrics are just going to stress you out and it kind of gamifies your health,
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which I don't like.
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Again, if you care about the stats, fine.
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But if you don't, it's not worth it.
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It's honestly just another thing you have to remember to charge.
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I have a confession.
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I think we, including myself,
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need to stop buying new clothes every season.
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I know it is like the hardest thing in the world not to do,
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but I think we need to reel it in a little bit.
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And again, I'm speaking for myself here.
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I need you to understand how fashion brands actually work.
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These companies are planning a full year or more ahead.
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So they are already designing next fall's collection when you're shopping this spring.
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Because their one goal is to make sure there's always something new when you walk into the store or visit the website.
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And this is very dangerous for us girls who love to gather.
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They know humans are wired to love novelty.
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It's why there's a new iPhone model every year,
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new car models, new beauty products.
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The product doesn't need to be better for people to buy it,
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it just needs to be new.
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And fast fashion has made this even worse.
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There used to be two seasons in fashion,
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fall winter and spring summer.
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Now there's micro trend cycling every few weeks on TikTok and there's always something new to buy.
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So to help us break this cycle we all need to just stop being so on top of these trends.
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Like being chronically online is doing us no good.
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We all know the clothes are going to last one season and be at goodwill by the next.
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I want us girls to build our wardrobe based on things we actually love and are high quality.
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Personally I'd rather spend more on one piece that's going to last me years than on multiple things
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that I'm going to wear one time.
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Next up on the chopping block is hair.
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I was really debating on including this because for a lot of women,
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hair is very sacred.
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It's like one of the biggest things that makes us feel confident.
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That being said, I'm just here to tell you some ways
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that you can cut back on girl taxes and frequent hair appointments is one of them.
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You really don't need more than two haircuts per year if your hair is healthy.
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Unless it's colored or you have a specific hair type that needs a lot of maintenance,
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you only need to trim like every six months.
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Again, I would consider myself pretty low maintenance.
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I don't color my hair or do anything special.
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I try to save on appearance upkeep as much as possible because I don't think it's the best use of my income.
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And if you genuinely take care of your hair,
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wash it, style it properly,
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it won't need a lot of work.
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A good shampoo and brush will do wonders for you.
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This next one is so hard for me to say because I have a love-hate relationship with it.
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I love watching other people spend their money on this thing,
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but I just can't.
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I think a very sneaky spending habit for women is buying more organization products instead of decluttering.
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I went to the container store the other day
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and I was just amazed at how many different types of containers there were.
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There's ones for the pantry,
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the bathroom, the closet, the living room.
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And I'm going to be very honest,
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I was very tempted to buy some.
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Because in my mind, I'm like,
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well, if I buy these organizers,
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I'm going to be more organized.
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And my home will look a lot better.
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But here's the thing, if you're always buying stuff to organize your life,
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girl, I'm sorry to tell you,
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but you might just have too much stuff.
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I will not be the first to admit
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that I love watching those organizing restock videos of people like organizing their makeup or their closet.
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It's just so satisfying to watch.
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But don't let those videos think you need to be doing that every month.
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And you don't need to keep buying all those boxes,
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pouches, and containers to hold all your things.
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Most of that stuff just creates the illusion that you're organizing.
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But in reality, you're just moving it from one container to another.
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And honestly, some things don't even need a box.
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They can just be on their own.
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The best organizing hack that I live by is to just not have that much stuff in the first place.
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The less stuff you have,
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the less you have to organize.
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And if you just love the art of organization,
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you can help out the people in your life and organize their home.
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They might even pay you, so it's a win-win.
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Ladies, I am not here to tell you how to spend your own money.
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You're an adult.
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I just think we can all be a little bit more conscious about what we're spending our money on, myself included.
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And most of these things aren't even conscious choices, they're habits.
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Or you've always done them,
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so at this point it feels normal.
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But if you really look at the numbers,
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the normal thing is costing you way more than you thought.
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Even if you took a look at just a couple things on this list,
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that could be thousands of dollars back in your pocket.
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If you found this valuable,
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I'd really appreciate it if you give this video a like
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and send it to another girly so we can all be rich and live happily ever after.
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I love you guys and I'll see you next week.
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Bye!
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Thank you.
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