“Unlock the Secrets of Savvy Savings: Discover 44 Proven Tips the Wise Old Man Knew!”
Using reusable shopping bags and containers can save both time and money. Also reducing the need for single-use plastic bags and containers.
Learn to maintain and repair your own vehicles. A little intellectual curiosity here goes a long way.
Buy once cry once…meaning, buy the quality item the first time instead of the similar but cheaper quality item over and over and over. Kitchen knives, winter coat, appliances, mattress, work boots are quick examples I can think of.
Using a credit card with a good bonus points program. I use it for autopay on monthly bills and all other expenses. I can use that for gift cards or cash back, it’s free money. If my card is compromised it doesn’t hit my bank account because i never use my debit card for anything.
Everyone’s saying meal prepping etc. missing the wealth enemy: **cars**.
The difference between a new and a 5-10 year old car could be $50,000.
As long as you don’t make that mistake (most people think they deserve a fancy car), you don’t have to worry about the smaller things as much.
Ignoring the expiration dates on food. Turns out, if you don’t look, it’s basically like they don’t exist, and you save tons of money not throwing things away. What’s a little extra “flavor” anyway?
Set a strict online spending curfew. For me, it’s midnight. Absolutely no purchases once the clock hits 00. Obvious exceptions are things like bills or textbooks I forgot to get sooner. But anything I don’t need? Nope. Not happening after midnight.
When I go into a big department store knowing I’m going for a single item, I only get that single item. Too many people come out of the store with a huge basket of stuff after going in for “one thing”.
I live in a place where the tap water is not good to drink. I get drinking water from a water & ice store in 3-gallon jugs (I have three of them), so I only have to go every couple of weeks. I use the jugs with a dispenser.
Compared to what some friends/partners have done, which is buy a gallon jug at the grocery store every day, this saves money, time, and doesn’t create waste.
