{"id":418,"date":"2015-08-24T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markweston.co.za\/?p=418"},"modified":"2017-09-21T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T10:35:06","slug":"spring-clean-your-spending-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING &#8211; PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clearing out old clothes and a garage full of stuff? While you might be tempted to just dump it all, there are people less fortunate that can use your second hand clothing to keep warm in the evening chill. While you are spring cleaning the accumulated clutter in your house, why not brush up on your finances? Here are some ways to achieve this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Budget maintenance<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ever-present spending plan, one of the most important financial planning tools. If you find yourself constantly tweaking your budget throughout the month then you are spending too much time on it. Work to simplify your budget into broader categories, it should be aiding you and not encumbering. Take some time to go over your spending for the past few months and identify any problem spending areas or areas that you have over budgeted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Consolidate accounts<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you have multiple bank accounts, some of which you hardly use, then consider closing some and uniting the infrequent accounts. And if you\u2019ve been unhappy with your bank, now is as good a time as any to switch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reduce account clutter<br \/>\n<\/strong>Most accounts these days have a paperless billing option, which makes sense if you pay bills online. Not receiving all that paper in the mail can cut back on those daunting piles taking over the kitchen counter &#8211; and it\u2019s good for the environment too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check back next week for some more financial spring cleaning tips.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Need some help refining your financial strategy? I can help you out. Let\u2019s get in touch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearing out old clothes and a garage full of stuff? While you might be tempted to just dump it all, there are people less fortunate that can use your second hand clothing to keep warm in the evening chill. While you are spring cleaning the accumulated clutter in your house, why not brush up on your finances? Here are some ways to achieve this&#8230; Budget maintenance The ever-present spending plan, one of the most important financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-financial-planning","category-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clearing out old clothes and a garage full of stuff? While you might be tempted to just dump it all, there are people less fortunate that can use your second hand clothing to keep warm in the evening chill. While you are spring cleaning the accumulated clutter in your house, why not brush up on your finances? Here are some ways to achieve this&#8230; Budget maintenance The ever-present spending plan, one of the most important financial [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Contatto North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"anthonyb@timslatter.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"anthonyb@timslatter.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"anthonyb@timslatter.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972\"},\"headline\":\"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING &#8211; PART 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"Financial Planning\",\"Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/\",\"name\":\"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":281},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING &#8211; PART 1\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/\",\"name\":\"Contatto North\",\"description\":\"Moving Financial Planners Forward\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972\",\"name\":\"anthonyb@timslatter.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"anthonyb@timslatter.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/contattolive.co.za\\\/north\\\/author\\\/anthonybtimslatter-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North","og_description":"Clearing out old clothes and a garage full of stuff? While you might be tempted to just dump it all, there are people less fortunate that can use your second hand clothing to keep warm in the evening chill. While you are spring cleaning the accumulated clutter in your house, why not brush up on your finances? Here are some ways to achieve this&#8230; Budget maintenance The ever-present spending plan, one of the most important financial [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/","og_site_name":"Contatto North","article_published_time":"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":281,"url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"anthonyb@timslatter.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"anthonyb@timslatter.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/"},"author":{"name":"anthonyb@timslatter.com","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972"},"headline":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING &#8211; PART 1","datePublished":"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/"},"wordCount":265,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg","articleSection":["Blog","Financial Planning","Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/","url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/","name":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING - PART 1 - Contatto North","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg","datePublished":"2015-08-24T06:30:15+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-21T10:35:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spring-clean-your-spending-1.jpg","width":720,"height":281},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/spring-clean-your-spending-part-1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SPRING CLEAN YOUR SPENDING &#8211; PART 1"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/#website","url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/","name":"Contatto North","description":"Moving Financial Planners Forward","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/6b55c4b0a6054f79a0f61aa82405b972","name":"anthonyb@timslatter.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ccde1ee561fd0252de63548ca8e3757cbb208c3cc93dba514690b9c8a7e33635?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"anthonyb@timslatter.com"},"url":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/author\/anthonybtimslatter-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/2467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}