{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog","title":"5 Ways to Break Your Spending Habit","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W8ND1M1A5i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-break-your-spending-habit\/\">5 Ways to Break Your Spending Habit<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-break-your-spending-habit\/embed\/#?secret=W8ND1M1A5i\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;5 Ways to Break Your Spending Habit&#8221; &#8212; Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement\" data-secret=\"W8ND1M1A5i\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display=\"none\";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement(\"a\"),i=l.createElement(\"a\"),a.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),d.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CDCDABE5A8E7DE7FE0163353951BE61.jpg","thumbnail_width":380,"thumbnail_height":278,"description":"Many of us have a tendency to spend money frivolously. I\u2019m not talking about the rare folk who run up insane credit card debts on things they just can\u2019t afford \u2013 but people like you. Maybe you always come out of the grocery store with a few things you don\u2019t need ... and which eventually end up in the trash. Maybe you can\u2019t resist buying new books, even though there\u2019s a great library nearby. Maybe you end up buying things online when you\u2019re surfing the net in the evenings. Spending money unnecessarily is just a habit \u2013 but it\u2019s one that can be detrimental to your financial goals. Here are five things you can do to break that habit and take back control of your spending."}