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6 Ways to Control and Manage Your Salary

Wondering why your salary is running out fast? Here are the tips!
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If you newly start working and be at that rate, don’t worry. Don’t make the money controls your life, but instead, it’s you who controls your finances. What should you do?
 
First Thing First!
Like what’s written by Stephen Covey, the well-known motivator in the USA, in his book “First Thing First”, as social human beings we should do the most priority thing in life before another. And also for you who have an income of minimum RMW rate. You should smartly control your finance by making a priority scale of what to buy and what’s not.
 
Choose The Have Fun Moment
The moments of working and having fun indeed should be in the same proportion. But at the moment of your RMW income, it is better for you to wisely choose when the time to have fun. For example, go out only on weekends or even only four days in a month, maybe just on Sunday. At first, this will be hard, but when you do it as a common activity, you will get used to it.
 

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Don’t Quit Until The Probation Time is Over
It is impossible if your income will only stay at the RMW rate forever, it will increase eventually. At the end of probation time or at the time of being a permanent employee, you will earn an increase in salary. That is a standard a company should be. Wait until your probation time is over and when your contract is over, you will see that your income will increase. If at that moment you don’t have the increase, it’s better for you to find a new job.
 
Open Social Media Only Once in A While
The research found that social media is the source of consumerism. Try not to open the social media frequently so you will avoid any promotions available or see your friends’ updates on shopping or hanging out and make you feel like also want to go out.
 

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Try to Refuse Friend’s Invitation
Sometimes refusing a friend’s invitation to go out or just to eat out can be the hardest part. That’s why should train yourself to say no when the invitation is not an important one. Remember your priority scale.
 
Forget You Have Some Coins
Coins sometimes can support your life in critical condition. Try to forget that you have some coins and you better save them every time you have one. And at the end of the month, open your coin collections and you will be surprised by the amount.
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