misc. stuff
Ways to save money:
- Don’t eat out
- Drink tap water
- Use homemade cleaners (vinegar, baking soda, etc.)
- Hesitate before buying stuff, and wait a while
- Learn how to cook
- Think reusable: cloth diapers, etc.
- Second hand: thrift stores, yard sales (but don’t buy things you don’t need), classifieds, friends and family
- Buy and use your own hair clippers
- Use less cheese and butter
- Pay attention to what’s on sale
- Use shopping lists
- Meal plan
- Keep track of expenses and review
- Keep track of how much money you have
- Homemade gifts, or at least semi-homemade
- Have some food storage
- Set a budget
- Contribute money to charity
- Spend less than you earn
- Make do with what you have
- Be creative (decorations, home improvement, etc.)
- Never buy candy
- Preventative health, dental and live healthy
- Have proper insurance
- Plan ahead, long and short term (ask what if)
- Avoid debt (don’t pay interest)
- Buy a smaller, older house
- Learn how to fix things
- Learn how to Google
- Eat less meat
- Grow a garden
- Buy things online instead of in store
- Never go in debt for a car and use car until it’s dead or almost dead
- Matinees and lunch menus
- Go to the library often
- Watch movies online
- Never go to the gym
- Switch wardrobes with family/friends instead of buying new clothes
