Defeating FOMO + Millennials Spend More on Coffee Than Retirement: The Simple Dollar's Weekly Roundup

[AWeber Communications]( [friends taking selfie]( Defeating 'FOMO' By Trent Hamm -- We all experience FOMO from time to time -- the "fear of missing out." The poison of FOMO is that it can convince you to devalue what you already have that’s really good, because something somewhere might be better. Here are eight strategies to fight that feeling. [Read More]( [millennials drinking coffee]( Millions of Millennials Spend More on Coffee (Among Other Things) Than Retirement By Drew Housman -- The average 25- to 34-year-old spends more on coffee, fitness, and dining out than on retirement contributions. The good news, writes Drew Housman, is those are some easy areas to cut back on if you're looking to invest in your future. [Read more]( [opening a package]( How Much Do Subscriptions Cost You? Probably More (Maybe a Lot More) Than You Think By Donna Freedman -- Individual services like beauty boxes, Netflix, meal kits, Amazon Prime, dating apps, and music streaming seem affordable in isolation. (“It’s only $10 per month.”) However, we’ve gotten pretty good at avoiding the math. [Read more]( [kid looking at money]( Teaching Children About Compound Interest By Trent Hamm -- A reader wrote in with this ingenious, tangible trick to help kids understand and appreciate how compound interest adds up. [Read more]( [summer]( 10 Financial Lessons This Summer Taught Me By Trent Hamm -- From long-awaited home improvements to an expensive family vacation, I see plenty of personal finance lessons as I look back at our summer. [Read more]( More from The Simple Dollar Reader Mailbag: - [Questions About Books, Cell Phones, 401(k)s, Private Schools, and More!]( More from Trent: - [My Home and Auto Maintenance Checklist]( - [When Is It Time? (and Other Hard Questions About Retirement)]( Other popular TSD articles: - [Are Coupon Books Worth the Money?]( - [The Perfect Credit Score (and Why You Shouldn't Obsess Over It)]( - [I Spent My Emergency Fund - Now What?]( What we're reading around the web: - [Five Places to Look for Unclaimed Money]( (Washington Post) - [Why You Shouldn't Retire Super Early, Even If You Can]( (MarketWatch) - [Six Careless Ways to Waste Your Cash-Back Rewards]( (MSN Money/Bankrate) - [Listen: In Good and Bad Times, American Paychecks Just Won't Grow]( (The Takeaway) $mart Money Move of the Week: If you're thinking of buying a new or used car, you should [get approved for an auto loan]( long before you ever step foot in a dealership. You'll have more negotiating power, and you can still go with the dealer financing if it's a better deal. - Effort: $$$$ - Savings: $$$$ As a reminder, you're receiving this email because you subscribed to our weekly mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive our emails, you can [unsubscribe here]( at any time. Thanks for reading! ​​​​​​​ --The Simple Dollar team 1525 4th Ave. #500 Seattle WA 98101 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](