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Broke by Choice

Where do I start?

Nine calculators, one check and twenty articles are not a choice on a first visit, they are a wall. Here is the order we would take ourselves.

Where do I start?

If rent or food is the problem right now, do not start here. A yearly number is no help then – a phone number someone picks up today is. If things are truly tight

  1. 1

    Get the one number

    Eight questions, three minutes, no account. Then you have what these eight items cost you per year – and which single move to start with.

    Continue with Leak check

  2. 2

    Check the two biggest items

    The check estimates, these two calculate. List subscriptions one by one and tick them honestly; then look up what switching a contract actually returns.

    Continue with The subscription auditIs switching worth it?

  3. 3

    Read up on why

    The price list ranks every calculated yearly figure by amount. Where one surprises you, the article sits next to it – with the arithmetic, the source and the date it was retrieved.

    Continue with The price listAll articles

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Six sections, each with its own rule about what an article there has to bring.

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