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Every recurring charge at monthly, yearly and five-year cost: the audit that funds emergency funds.
Recurring charges are priced to feel small one at a time, and they are rarely reviewed because nothing ever prompts you to. The point of annualising them is that the yearly figure is the one you would actually have decided about if you had been asked for it up front.
Work from the statement, not from memory. Free trials that converted, annual renewals and charges under another company's billing name are the ones people miss.
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Example results
Monthly total$129.47
5 subscriptions
Yearly total$1,553.64
Five-year total$7,768
before any price increases
Largest: Meal kit at $780/year. Cancelling just the bottom half of this list frees about $180/year.
Rotate streaming one service at a time; calendar every free trial the minute it starts.
| Subscription | Monthly | Yearly | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming | $15.49 | $185.88 | $929 |
| Music | $11.99 | $143.88 | $719 |
| Gym | $34.00 | $408.00 | $2,040 |
| Cloud storage | $2.99 | $35.88 | $179 |
| Meal kit | $65.00 | $780.00 | $3,900 |
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