{"id":4171,"date":"2017-01-01T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T10:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2018-01-08T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:23:15","slug":"no-spend-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/no-spend-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The No Spend Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle McGagh is no stranger to writing about the merits of saving.<\/p>\n<p>But how much did she really know about her own spending?<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, she set herself <strong>the challenge of only spending money on essentials for a year.<\/strong> Her challenge to stop \u201csquandering\u201d money became a book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Spend-Year-spend-less\/dp\/1473652146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The No Spend Year,<\/a> and saved her \u00a322,000.<\/p>\n<p>Learn the reasons why Michelle did it, what she learned about herself, consumerism and why we spend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Personal Finance Journalist Michelle has spent more than a decade writing for titles such as The Guardian, City Wire, AOL and Money Observer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The No Spend Year\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/risky.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vrudjy0cub0.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Michelle McGagh is no stranger to writing about the merits of saving. 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