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The opposite is intentional spending or "conscious spending," where you deliberately allocate increases in income toward specific goals like debt repayment, savings, and investments, rather than allowing spending to rise unconsciously.
No, in fact, it encourages planned splurging. The "Guilt-Free Spending" bucket is specifically for this purpose. Because your bills, debt, and future are already taken care of, you can spend this money on anything you want without any guilt or anxiety.
Focus exclusively on repayment and building positive payment history. A "thin file" means your score is highly sensitive to negative actions. Avoid new credit applications. Your goal is stability and reducing debt, not optimizing a minor factor like mix diversity.
Steps include deleting shopping apps, unfollowing influencers, creating a budget that prioritizes needs, seeking accountability from a friend or financial advisor, and reflecting on personal values versus social pressures.
Once the emergency is resolved, your immediate next financial priority should be to pause extra debt payments and focus all available resources on rebuilding your emergency fund back to its target level before resuming aggressive debt repayment.
