{"id":3412,"date":"2020-01-14T09:53:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T04:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2020-01-13T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T04:21:52","slug":"kakeibo-the-japanese-art-of-saving-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/kakeibo-the-japanese-art-of-saving-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakeibo: The Japanese art of saving money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3413\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3413\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/kakeibo-the-japanese-art-of-saving-money\/kakeibo-mindful\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?fit=1400%2C1140&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1140\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kakeibo-mindful\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?fit=800%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?resize=300%2C244\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?resize=300%2C244&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?resize=1024%2C834&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?resize=768%2C625&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kakeibo-mindful.png?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Kakeibo<\/strong>, pronounced &#8220;kah-keh-boh,&#8221; translates as &#8220;household financial ledger.&#8221; Invented in 1904 by a woman named Hani Motoko (notable for being Japan&#8217;s first female journalist), kakeibo is a simple, no-frills approach to managing your finances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-1881566417\">According to the kakeibo method, you must ask yourself the following questions before purchasing any non-essential items \u2014 or the things you buy on impulse, but might not necessarily need:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"jsx-1881566417\">\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">Can I live without this item?<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">Based on my financial situation, can I afford it?<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">Will I actually use it?<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">Do I have space for it?<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">How did I come across it in the first place? (Did I see it in a magazine? Did I come across it after wandering into a gift shop out of boredom?)<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">What is my emotional state in general today? (Calm? Stressed? Celebratory? Feeling bad about myself?)<\/li>\n<li class=\"jsx-1881566417\">How do I feel about buying it? (Happy? Excited? Indifferent? And how long will this feeling last?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"jsx-1881566417\">While kakeibo was effective in helping me stay on top of my finances, what it really did \u2014 that other systems I&#8217;ve tried in the past didn&#8217;t \u2014 forced me to think about my purchases and what motivated me to buy them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-1881566417\">In other words, I was finally able to conquer my fear of being completely honest about my &#8220;needs&#8221; and &#8220;wants.&#8221; As a result, I got better at making faster, smarter and more logical decisions about whether to spend money on a particular item.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jsx-1881566417 subtitle\">How to spend more mindfully<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Leave the item for 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t let &#8220;blowout sales&#8221; tempt you.<\/li>\n<li>Check your bank balance regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Spend in cash.<\/li>\n<li>Put reminders in your wallet. My friend came up with the brilliant idea of attaching a sticker to her credit card that bluntly says, &#8220;Do you REALLY need this?!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Change the environments that cause you to spend. Unsubscribe or unfollow marketing emails\/contents.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All of this will help you save more. Also, try and keep a log of saving every month and see if it is increasing every month or not that will help you motivate to save more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kakeibo, pronounced &#8220;kah-keh-boh,&#8221; translates as &#8220;household financial ledger.&#8221; Invented in 1904 by a woman named Hani Motoko (notable for being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[711,713,712],"class_list":["post-3412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-blog","tag-kakeibo","tag-money","tag-saving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-T2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3669,"url":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/2025-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3412,"position":0},"title":"2025 Year in Review","author":"saifuddin","date":"December 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Year-End Reflections and Future Aspirations As the year comes to an end, it offers a valuable opportunity to pause and take stock\u2014reviewing accomplishments, reflecting on lessons learned, and clarifying ambitions for the year ahead. 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