No More Excuses: 9 Real Reasons You’re Still Broke

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You might remember a particularly fuzzy story in The Huffington Post that came out last year around Christmas, called “The Real Reason You're Single.”

Although much of the advice in the column was controversial or at least unpleasant to read, the thesis came down to this: You can’t blame everything on the world, your circumstances or other people.

In a similar but different vein, today’s LearnVest Daily is dedicated to all the excuses we’ve ever made for why our finances aren’t everything we’ve dreamed:

  • Our jobs just don’t pay enough
  • Our friends are bad spending influences
  • We’re too deep in debt to ever get out

In response to those, we bring you nine reasons you’re broke … when you shouldn’t be.

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  • Katherene

    Good article.  Most informative.  Will try some of the suggestions.  Most important if you don’t succeed, try, try and try again.  Don’t give up. 

  • JJ

    I would love to know how to enable “List View”?

    • Rachel

       There’s a link under the author’s byline, above the photo.

  • Jmoss0406

     I really love all of the  reasons they are very informatuve and as a financial coach I must say I can definitely share these with many of my client. but i must add for reason #6 if $1000 after 40 years only turned into $22,000 that is really sad and pitiful cause to have that saved for a IRA wont go very far nor would it last long. I wouldnt have even put my money in that low bearing or no interest account.  

  • Info

    This is great until you have your mother in-law living in the house that didn’t sell, your two daughters in college and your wife in a master’s program. Oh and then there is that small matter of huge energy cost increases that impact the price of every other item you need.  Keep swimming it’s the only way to keep your head above water these days.  Change is coming in the fall…..

    • Nina

      I hope you don’t mean change in the form of a man who could be worth approximately $250 million. I say “could be” because he refuses to release information on his MULTIPLE offshore bank accounts.

      Someone like him won’t put policies in place to help someone like you.

      • Twin22sister

         SIGH

        Both started with nothing     our country started the same way because money meant nothing for there wasn’t any need for money. Do your own research for if you rely on what everyone else says, to include the one it sounds like you are going for. I learned a lot in political science and experience.

  • Marcy

    This is such fantastic information, and completely enlightening! That size 8 dress in  my closet that I really don’t even like but I bought because it’s a size 8….yup. That’s why I’m broke. I wrote an article and linked this on my website last week, Career Girl Network, as well. Thanks for the info! http://careergirlnetwork.com/the-9-reasons-youre-still-broke/