{"id":3712,"date":"2018-07-21T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T23:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2018-07-24T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T23:17:07","slug":"bipolar-and-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-and-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and Making Money by Saving Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5203\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"money\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How about that picture from the past! Woo!<\/p>\n<p>I know that many people with bipolar disorder- myself included- have challenges with money. It&#8217;s not always easy to work steadily when you have mood swings.<\/p>\n<p>I heard a advertisement on the radio this morning that made sense. It said,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Saving Money is the Same Thing as Making Money<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Agreed. Every bill paid on time is saving money because it saves a late fee.<\/p>\n<p>Every cell phone plan that is watched carefully for mistakes and unknown charges saves money.<\/p>\n<p>Always check to see if you have said yes to a &#8216;free month&#8217; of a subscription service that you forgot to cancel. Amazon.com is notorious for getting people to sign up for &#8216;free&#8217; previews.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if we do things that cost us money for no reason- we lose money. This is the same as working for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I like the idea of saving money by being smart with our money. And most of all&#8230;. check your cable bill if you have one! They are notorious for hidden and added fees.<\/p>\n<h1><em><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Julie<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>PS: Going to your bank and asking to see any direct deposits or any automatic withdrawals is an excellent idea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5203\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"money\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/money5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How about that picture from the past! Woo!<\/p>\n<p>I know that many people with bipolar disorder- myself included- have challenges with money. It&#8217;s not always easy to work steadily when you have mood swings.<\/p>\n<p>I heard a advertisement on the radio this morning that made sense. It said,<\/p>\n<p>Saving Money is the Same Thing as Making Money<\/p>\n<p>Agreed. Every bill paid on time is saving money because it saves a late fee.<\/p>\n<p>Every cell phone plan that is watched carefully for mistakes and unknown charges saves money.<\/p>\n<p>Always check to see if you have said yes to a &#8216;free month&#8217; of a subscription service that you forgot to cancel. Amazon.com is notorious for getting people to sign up for &#8216;free&#8217; previews.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if we do things that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-and-money\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1956],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12392,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions\/12392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}