Wait to make purchases. Whenever you get an urge to buy something, write it down on your wish list and walk out of the store. Ridding “impulse purchases” will immediately decrease your spending, and waiting a month before you buy non-essential items means that they are much more likely to be on sale or reduced in price. When you revisit your wish list later, you’ll be
surprised how many things that made you say “I have to have it” in the store will make you go “eh” later on.
Track your spending. By writing down how much you’ve spent each day, you’ll make sure you’re saving your money for items you really want rather than ones you buy out of habit.
Set goals. What are your financial goals? By tracking your spending and decreasing credit card usage, you’ll now have a better chance than ever before of achieving your goals. Once you’ve written down your goals in each of these categories, go back to your spending tracker and examine how your daily spending habits impact your goals. Make changes where necessary, and make sure to track your progress to keep yourself motivated.
With a little work, your credit-free lifestyle will ensure you don’t end up in an inescapable debt spiral. When buying big-ticket items with money you’ve saved rather than with credit, you’ll have little anxiety about spending and you’ll find that having money saved when you need it is a lot more satisfying than the false purchasing power of a credit card.
51. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. How to set goals for your life.
B. Ways of saving money without credit cards.
C. Tips on prioritizing your purchases.
D. The advantages of using a credit card
52. We learn from the passage that “impulse purchases”_______.
A. save a lot of money for consumers
B. make people buy many unnecessary things
C. make the buying more reasonable
D. may help to decrease our spending
53. Why do we need to track our spending according to the passage?
A. Because it can help us to buy any items we want.
B. Because it can help us to pay off our debts.
C. Because it can stop us from buying expensive things.
D. Because it can help us buy things in a reasonable way.
54. People can avoid falling into debt by doing the following EXCEPT _______.
A. delaying their purchases B. living without a credit card
C. forming good spending habits D. saving without spending
55. The last paragraph mainly tells us _______.
A. that credit-free lifestyle is the best one
B. how to get rid of anxiety about spending
C. about some advantages credit-free lifestyle has
D. about the false purchasing power of a credit card
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