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Millennial Money: How to nail a no-spend month

by Lauren Schwahn of NerdWallet
| January 5, 2021 4:03 AM

Holiday spending always gets the best of me. The gifts, the food, the Christmas tree and decorations — sandwiched between two monthly rent payments — siphon money from my bank account. Every year I feel the sticker shock, briefly tuck my tail between my legs, then carry on like it never happened.

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