MT Week - Money Rules: Buy once

The single-use mentality can be hard to get out of, especially when single-use items are designed to offer the convenience that so many of us think we need as part of a busy lifestyle.

But convenience is expensive, and often bad for the environment. So how do you get out of that mentality?

For Laura Turner, founder of personal finance website Thrifty Londoner, the answer is to apply the money rule, buy once.

Turner has appeared in publications such as The Times, Time Out London, and iPaper, and she uses her website to help people set financial goals, manage their spending and take control of their money.

Ultimately it’s about being financially confident, changing money mindsets, and creating new money habits.

Here’s how her money rule works.