Organize your life and your budget

Have you noticed that people who are the worst with money often have the messiest apartments? One of my friends makes nearly five times what I do but is always broke. He doesn�t buy expensive stuff, but he just can't keep track of his money, and actually stopped even trying to balance his checkbook years ago. Not coincidentally, his apartment is a rat's nest of dirty laundry, unopened mail, and magazines. He's always paying late fees and buying things he already owns because he forgets he owns them.

Another friend of mine makes barely more than I do (and I'm the lowest-paid person I know), yet travels the world constantly, taking trips at least twice a month and touring countries I've never heard of. His apartment, while not perfectly clean, is incredibly well-organized.

Recently I bought a book on getting organized that has surprisingly helped me budget better and get more work done, because I've reduced the clutter in my apartment and the clutter in my head.

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