Emotional spending is when you buy things you don’t need to mask or dull emotions or with the hope that the purchase will make you feel happier. While spending can make you feel happier in the moment, you are often left with a spending hangover. Emotional spending can get the best of us, especially during after a year full of ups and downs. Mint, provided a wonderful visual breaks down what emotional spending is, the different emotional spending trigger types, and how to counteract each type of emotional spending.

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