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No. 654
I would say "save money", but that doesn't really say much.
It can be said in a wiser way, though. From all the money you get (mainly, your salary, but generally any good amount of money you suddenly get), you get all you need to pay your bills (power, water, housing, food, phone & Internet; cable and streaming services are a close second), and from what's leftover, you separate a percentage of it and place it on a savings account (or, depending where you live, these "Christmas Club" accounts where you deposit money and rack up the interests, and since you can't get it out until a certain time has passed, it should help you avoid taking it for other purposes. Now, since there's always emergencies, it's wise to save a percentage of what's left from your wages toward those emergencies.
Then, set up a goal. Find what you want to buy, then keep saving until that goal. Always remember to save more than what you want, to cover up for expenditures like shipping and handling costs. Once that happens, you..well, spend it!
Now, if this still sounds like "yeah, right, as if I could save anything!", do note that most of these people probably can afford it. Also, it's possible that currency also lends a hand - it's not the same to pay in Euros than to pay in US dollars (than to pay in Canadian dollars or Australian dollars, given the "$" sign). Saving up 300 Euros may be easier than saving 450 US dollars.
But really - the key is saving up. Also, find out for bargains (AliExpress is fond of giving coupons based on what you expend, which can reduce your costs, and you could find out suppliers that sell something for cheap (and probably have their own coupons, to boot). Even with masking, there's places where you can save money, and it all depends on where to find it. After all, it's not the same to buy from, say, Chinese suppliers than to buy from German suppliers, though the quality may not necessarily be the same either.
In short: set up a goal, save up for it. It's good financial advice. If you find you can't, figuring out where the money's draining seems cruel to say, but oftentimes a piece of advice that people usually take for granted. If, even with that, it's not enough...yeah, the masking hobby/fetish can be pretty expensive.
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