15 Things Millennials Waste Money On

Millennials -- those born between 1981 and 1996 (who are now roughly 25 to 40 years old) -- are doing plenty of things right when it comes to money. For example, 94% of them are using coupons when shopping (53% of them very often or always), per a 2019 Valassis report.

But they're coming up short in some respects, such as when they spend money wastefully -- as all of us do on occasion, not just millennials. That can be a big deal, too: If you waste, say, $3,000 per year (that's just $250 per month), you can end up with nearly a quarter of a million dollars less come retirement -- because $3,000 per year growing at 8% annually, on average, grows to more than $235,000 over 25 years.

Here are 15 examples of how we (of all ages) might be wasting money. See which ones ring true for you, and if you can change some habits.

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