Doom spending is not self-care


Putting yourself in a financial hole isn’t smart or empowering. Real self-care is creating and sticking to a budget. — Tribune News Service

PLEASE, don’t dabble in doom spending.

The term, which first bubbled up on social media, has gained steam following a recent survey by US credit tracking company Intuit Credit Karma. Consider it 2024’s sequel to 2023’s “girl math” on TikTok. But if girl math was a light-hearted buddy comedy, doom spending is a horror film.

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