The 7 Types of Impulse Spenders (Which One Are You?)
5/5/202654 min
Spending can feel like a familiar friend, but impulse spending shows up in ways we don’t always notice. It’s not just “giving in” if there’s often a pattern you keep falling into without realizing it. Today we’re breaking down the 7 types of spenders and what actually helps stop the cycle.
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First 90 secondsJen· Host0:00
The seven types of impulse spenders. Which one are you?
Speaker 10:03
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Frugal Friends Podcast, where you'll learn to save money.
Jill· Host0:12
Save money.
Speaker 10:12
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Jill· Host0:14
Embrace it.
Speaker 10:14
And live a richer life.
Jill· Host0:15
Living my life.
Speaker 10:17
Here are your hosts, Jen and Jill.
Jen· Host0:19
[upbeat music] Welcome, Frugal Friends. I'm Jen.
Jill· Host0:25
I'm Jill.
Jen· Host0:26
And today, we are throwing it back OG Frugal Friends style. If you have been with us since the beginning, we used to critique articles. Now we critique social media trends and viral videos. But we started by critiquing what was really viral at the time, which was these clickbaity articles on the internet saying what is really good information, what is, you know, fluff, and what is just downright there for- for clicks and ad revenue. And that's how we started, and it's still what we're doing today in a different way, which I absolutely love. Um, but I saw this article recently about the seven types of impulse spenders, and I thought this would be a really good one to do an episode on.
Jill· Host1:16
Yeah. We love a good personality test. I, I mean, honestly, not me personally, but we as a whole, right?
Jen· Host1:23
Yeah.
Jill· Host1:23
[laughs] We get, like, drawn into- We don't necessarily- [laughs] ...
Jen· Host1:27
but, but we as people- [laughs] ... love to be told who we