Once your money is spent, it’s gone! So, the more you can keep, the lighter your budget can be. There are lots of ways to not spend money or not spend as much money.
- Don’t rely on credit cards.
- Shop around (especially online).
- Of course, Amazon tops the list for comparison shopping of rather generic items. Once you’ve located your item, you will find multiple sellers offering it at different prices.
- Many, more ‘specialty’ items can be found by way of other comparison shopping sites like Ebay and even Etsy.com.
- Wait for coupons or special deals.
- Many retailers, online and location based, run frequent promotions and sales. Not all items are on sale at the same time–they simply rotate through cycles of what is on and off special pricing throughout the year.
- By signing up at your favorite stores, you will always know what the current promotions are.
- Participate in rewards or cash back services.
- Live in a Tiny House.
- Grow your own food and buy local.
- Thrift stores are even fun!
- Use your local library. 1000’s of books and periodicals can be borrowed for FREE.
- And, when you do need to buy a book, you do have a Kindle or other Ereader, right? Not only, do not have to find room for shelves and stacks of books, but ebooks cost less and are extremely portable.
- Reduce your commute time.
- Workamping is a great example of (usually) either no commute or just a short walk to report to work. Several websites are available to see interesting job postings. You might be surprised at what you find:
- Workers On Wheels (WOW) will answer many of your questions. The authors have much experience and are very helpful.
- Cool Works is all about seasonal jobs in great places.
- Working from home can be accomplished with your own online connection and computer and, in some cases, with just your mobile smartphone. Here are more ideas and information:
- Workamping is a great example of (usually) either no commute or just a short walk to report to work. Several websites are available to see interesting job postings. You might be surprised at what you find: