How can I control small expenses? There are many things that people buy that they don’t need, like fast food, music or apps, there are other things but these are my examples. If people just cut back on these small expenses like by cooking their own food at home, not listening to music all the time, or instead of being on apps all the time they could play a card or board game or go outside and play. There are other ways to control small expenses like paying with cash instead of with a credit card or debit card. Lets say that on your way to work you buy a $5 coffee every day for five days a week that is $25 a week and $100 a month and $1,200 a year! Now $5 dollars doesn’t seem like a lot of money, but if you spend five dollars every day than it is a lot of money. If you are trying to control small expenses than instead of buying a $5 dollar coffee every day you could only buy a coffee like once a week, which would save you a lot of money that you could spend on other important things that are more important.