Quote from: YUriy1991 on Today at 02:39:26 AM

Quote from: bitnote on October 15, 2023, 07:11:18 AM

We all want to save money, but it's not always easy.

If the funds obtained monthly are only enough to meet monthly needs, saving is not recommended. If you have a new advantage in saving, don't let your own needs be withheld, let alone those for your family. The solution to make it easier is to look for additional livelihoods.

those that want to save and then hope spare money just magics into their hand. are not doing the easy route. they are dreaming easy comes to them
the easy route is to visualise your income and expense by planning it before spending.
its far more easy to save if planning at start of month rather than hoping for savings at end of month to just appear

people have needs. but even with needs there is some wiggle room
you need heating. but do you need heating at precisely 17^oc all day and night.
maybe you can find the wiggle room of having heating intermittent or at 15^oc
when in bed have a blanket so you can have heating lowered whilst asleep

you need groceries. but do you need specific brand groceries
maybe you can find the wiggle room of having lesser known brands or smaller portions. or do home made/batch cooking instead of pre-made/fast food

you dont have to go without your NEEDS but you can still try to find savings

yes ofcourse finding extra income helps. but actually look at all options. making a plan, budgeting, writing out your incomes and expenses and actually having all data visualised so you can see all possibilities is far better then just saying "no, i cant budget.. because everything is a need, so i wont even try"

even things like your car. everyone needs transport.
but look at your car costs. do you really need that engine size of a vehicle. whats the insurance. can you downgrade. is there a smaller engine car that has cheaper insurance. do you need a newish model or can you sell it and get a older age model thats recently passed its inspections
by getting a lower size engine your fuel economy can improve (unless your hauling heavy goods/trailers)
also having a older lower engine car you are less concerned about having the fully inclusive insurance package for all eventualities and instead only care about third party accident policy
even look at how much fuel you use per week and how many miles travelled. work out the cost of going to usual places. do you need to go to starbucks everyday, once you have calculated the cost of the full journey+the coffee. or can you make a coffee at home

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you will be surprised the savings you can make if you add it all up from small savings from lots of little things