<prompt> Human: Five years ago my SO and I were in grad school making something like -20,000 a year after tuition expenses. Now, I make 60,000 and my SO makes about 140,000. We also co-own a small business that is profiting 4,000 to 8,000 every month, but so far we are not counting any of that as income and are using it all to reinvest in the business.So we have gone from dead broke eating ramen to doing pretty well! And unfortunately our spending has gone the same way. I am spending 800 to 1,000 every month on crap I dont really need: new clothes, new toys and clothes for our kid, Starbucks, takeout, lunches out. Its all stuff I wouldnt have dreamed of spending on when we were broke and I know I lived a much more frugal life and did fine!I keep reminding myself to try to cut back on the spending but then somehow each month I end up back in the same place.Do you have any strategies or recommendations to help me get my spending under control?  <response>: Pay yourself first. Get as much taken out of your paycheck as possible so you never see it. And from there automatic transfers from your checking account to savingsinvestment accounts. Anything you can do to trick yourself into thinking you have less liquid cash each month the better. 