When it comes to YOUR money, it's OK to be a control freak because every dollar counts! No one wants to waste hard earned cash on useless things, or even worse, have someone else take their hard earned cash from them. In today's world it seems like everywhere you go someone is trying to reach into your pockets, and in a digital realm it is more challenging than ever to safeguard your money.
Think about it... we give full account access to a multitude of online shopping stores, apps, streaming services, gateways and other merchants without even blinking an eye. “Would you like to sign up for a free one week trial?” In the heat of the moment we click “yes”. Then 3 months later “what am I spending $25 a month on?!” And forget even trying to get your money back, unless you want to spend 3 hours of your time being frustrated. No, better just cancel that one and do better next time. But how? How can we have more control over our money when we typically have maybe a couple credit cards and a debit card that we use for our digital purchases? Life gets busy and we forget what we are paying for or what subscription we signed up for (maybe after a couple drinks at home watching late night tv ads or browsing amazon or bidding on Ebay). Nonetheless, we don’t have the concept of cold hard cash anymore in this brave new digital world...