We’ve been talking on ways of getting rich for the past few days now,
here is another one.
Reducing your living expenses will help you to gather the little left and
this is also a way of getting rich.
Try extreme couponing.
Try extreme couponing.
It's one of the best feelings in the world when you can get paid to take
home stuff you regularly use. If you do this right, you can actually get paid to coupon. At worst, you'll save a few extra bucks that you
can tuck away for a rainy day. At best, you'll get tons of free stuff and will
be richer in the process.
Buy in bulk.
It's not the easiest way to
shop, but it's usually the most efficient. If you can buy into a
membership to a bulk retailer like Shoprite, it can make real financial sense. In
some cases, you can find brand-name products for sale at serious discounts.
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If you're hungry and
you like chicken, buy four pre-cooked Chickens at Shoprite at the end of the day,
when they go on sale. Sometimes they'll drop from $5 each to $2.50 each,
meaning that you get at least ten hearty meals for about $1 each! Freeze any
chickens that you don't eat immediately.
Learn to can foods.
Up to 40% of food in America goes to waste before it is ever eaten and some of it are imported to Nigeria.
Succulent peaches, blueberries, and even meats can be canned and stored for consumption later.
Be smart about the food that you buy. Actually eat it. Food wasted is money
wasted.
Reduce your utility bills.
Electricity, gas, and other utilities can
deeply impact your monthly budget if you let them. So don't. Be smart about
ways to keep your home cool during the
summer and warm during harmathan. You may even
consider investing in or building
solar panels to channel the sun's natural energy into electricity. Keep your
utilities low, and watch the money you save start to mount.
Get a home
energy audit.
This
will allow you to find out how many dollars are seeping out of your home in the
form of lost energy.
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You can perform your
own energy audit if you're the industrious type, but don't hesitate to hire a
professional to complete the audit for you. It should cost anywhere from $300
to $500, which isn't cheap, but it could help you save much more than that over
time (especially if you decide to re-insulate the home).
