How to combat lifestyle creep with a financial fast

Lifestyle creep diminishes your salary without you even noticing–but you can stop the creep with a financial fast.

As the modern philosopher once said: The more money you come across, the more problems you see. Lifestyle creep, where you increase your spending as your income increases, may not have been the exact problem Biggie was describing, but it can leave you just as financially stressed as when couch cushion change was your emergency fund.