WELL, THE SUMMER is cooling down, and the school gates are being painted and shined up for a reopening, which means life will get back to relative normality after a few weeks of a break, if you’re lucky. And what better time of the year to take a temperature check of your finances and build better habits?

Many of our readers here at The Journal will be familiar with the popular How I Spend My Money series, which looks at how people in Ireland really handle their finances. Over the years, the series has chronicled the lives and financial ups and downs of hundreds of readers.

We are asking readers to get in touch and write a Money Diary to help us understand how people are handling their finances right now and whether the price increases continue to have any........

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