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published: '2015-10-29T13:55:27.000Z'
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Want to be wealthy? Want financial freedom? "The one thing that really changed my outlook, and even my actions, was tracking my net worth," says [financial blogger](http://jmoney.biz/) J. Money.

**Track your net worth.** You start to change your behavior when you pay attention to how much debt you have compared to your assets. Tracking helps to curb unnecessary spending.

**Cut your expenses.** There are two ways to increase your net worth, increase your income or decrease your expenses. It's financially freeing to cut your expenses; you can have less wealth and still accomplish a lot as long as your expenses are low, says J. Money.

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