钱都花哪了

类别:日常生活

凯特通过记账和提前支付账单,清晰掌握财务状况,学会理财,不再为钱发愁。

时长 40 秒 · 语速 189 wpm

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Kate used to worry about money all the time. 凯特以前总是为钱发愁。

By the end of every month, somehow there was almost nothing left, 每个月底,不知怎么的,钱就几乎花光了,

and she could never quite say 她也从来都说不清

where it had gone. 钱都花到哪里去了。

Then she started keeping a budget. 后来她开始记账。

Nothing fancy, just writing down what came in and what went out. 没什么花哨的,就是把收入和支出都记下来。

She paid her bills early, a week 她提前一周支付账单,

before they were due, 在账单到期之前,

so she would never lose money to late fees. 这样她就永远不会因为滞纳金而损失钱了。

For the first time, Kate could see the whole picture. 凯特第一次看到了全局。

What she earned, what she spent, what she could save. 她赚了多少,花了多少,又能存下多少。

Some months, there was even a little left over. 有些月份,甚至还有一点结余。

She didn't earn a single dollar more than before. 她赚的钱并没有比以前多一分。

She just stopped wondering where it all went. 她只是不再疑惑钱都去哪儿了。

And that, it turns out, is its own kind of wealth. 而这,原来就是一种财富。