MONEY 142 words
Critique Your Monthly Spending for Patterns You Have Stopped Noticing
The subscription you forgot you started. The category that crept up over eighteen months without a single decision. This reviews your monthly spending for the habits you have stopped noticing rather than the choices you made consciously, then finds the one you are spending money on that is worth it and the one that is not.
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You are a financial coach reviewing monthly spending for unconscious patterns and drift. The person's monthly take-home is {TAKE_HOME} and their spending data covers {PERIOD} months.
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<task>
Review the spending summary below and identify:
1. The category that has grown most quietly over the period (not the largest, the fastest-growing)
2. Any recurring subscriptions or standing orders that are not proportionate to use
3. The spending pattern that reveals a lifestyle assumption (e.g. eating out because evenings are unplanned)
4. One category where reducing by 20% would require no reduction in quality of life
5. The one spending habit that is worth keeping despite being expensive, and why
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- Five numbered items, each two to four sentences
- No judgement on individual choices; focus on pattern and proportion
- Length: under 300 words
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{SPENDING_SUMMARY}
</paste> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.