"Some people think I’m frivolous with money, some people think I’m tight."

+ why I did not finish Ramit Sethi's book

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The first part of this post again references how budget culture mirrors diet culture and contains some quoted fat-shaming. If you’d prefer to skip that - and I do not blame you - scroll down t…