How to live
A Budget Life
How to Live a More Frugal Life
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since transitioning my freelance business from part-time to full-time and
working at home these past few months I've been trying to save money in any
and every way I can these are gonna be my top five tips for
how to save a little bit more money without compromising your quality of
life let's get into it we've all been there it's late at night you go down an
Amazon recommended rabbit hole the end up buying something that you don't
really need or even worse yet you forget that you buy a couple days later you get
a package that shows up and you don't even remember what you ordered the best
way I've found to combat this internet impulse shopping if I find something
that I want to purchase or I might enjoy owning I'm gonna add it to my cart and
I'm gonna let it sit there for a couple of days or even a couple of weeks this
is gonna give time to process and it's gonna take away that emotional factor
out of the purchasing decision and a lot of times just adding it to your cart you
can I get that same satisfaction that shopping might bring you without the
extra expense and without the unnecessary clutter in your life so
ditch your one-click ordering on Amazon take a little bit more time with your
purchases you'll be surprised how little you actually end up buying saving money
doesn't mean that you can't go out to eat every once in a while
search for happy hour deals search for certain days of the week that are gonna
have better deals at your favorite restaurants often restaurants will do
happy hour deals where the food is two or three times cheaper than it is during
the regular hours great opportunity to be able to dine out at places who
otherwise wouldn't be able to afford usually you're getting a little bit of a
bigger portion than what you really need so you can actually take that food home
saves on calories but it also saves a lot on cost and even better yet you can
save more money by going to the grocery store and cook a meal for yourself at
home it's always the best way to save only buy groceries for the items that
you need for specific recipes I'm a big fan of prepping my meals it's a great
way to stay on track with my health and my calorie goals but it's also a way to
ensure that I don't have any excess food waste or any excess money waste I only
buy things I need for the recipes and I come prepared with a list most grocery
store chains actually have apps where you can clip digital coupons so if you
plan out your list beforehand you can go through find all the
available coupons that's gonna save you that much more money with only a couple
of minutes of extra work there are a few other things you can look out for to
save even more if you have packages with different size options most of the price
tags in the grocery store aisle so I actually have a cost per ounce by
default you generally assume that the larger size is going to be the better
value because you get more I've seen plenty of occasions where the smaller
size packaging is actually the lower cost per ounce so be sure to take some
time and check your labels before you add it into your cart in today's crazy
fast fashion industries it's so easy to buy more clothes than you really need
over the past few years I've been slowly transitioning into more of a capsule
wardrobe a capsule wardrobe is essentially a system where every article
of clothing that you own is going to match and potentially go with every
other item so what you end up getting from this is one a lot less stress and
trying to figure out outfits in the morning everything works with everything
else so it's just nice and easy but beyond that it's gonna require less
articles of clothing and you get to maximize the amount of combinations for
different outfits from that small amount you can always skip the restaurant skip
the shopping skip the movie theaters and just go outside and spend some time in
nature or at least around your local city you know there are tons of great
parks and hiking trails and biking trails so it's great to take advantage
of those and it's also a great way to get in some extra exercise so you can
actually skip your gym membership as well if you wanted there are even apps
like geocaching where you can go on a worldwide scavenger hunt with different
things hidden around your city so many great options to do outside I could not
recommend it enough there are so many more tips that I didn't get a chance to
touch on in this video and there are so many more ways that even myself
personally can be much more frugal I'd love to hear your best tips down below
in the comments let's get a good positive discussion going so we can all
learn a few new things and as always be sure to like the video if you enjoyed
this helps me out a ton but until next time I'll talk to you all later
have a good one
you
