The best way to save money is not to waste anything!
If you think about it, on an average day, people waste so much.
By Sandy
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I wholeheartedly agree with Sandy but find it very hard to keep these thoughts in the forefront of my mind. I was going to make it a New Year resolution - but we all know how long they last! So I've decided to stick up some post it notes on the fridge and round the house to remind me.
Regards
Jo
Without a doubt, we are a nation of spoiled, wasteful creatures. I suffered a severe cut to my income at the same time my expenses went up dramatically (new baby). I am learning to stretch a penny til it screams. Remarkably, I have cut my electric bill in half, and reduced my other utilities as well. I am (somehow) feeding my daughter and myself on $15 a week. If you had asked me two years ago to do this, I would have said it was impossible. We take so much for granted! I genuinely thought back then that I was broke all the time. I was, but only because I wasted a good portion of my income on fast food, convienences, and wasteful habits. If only I had lived frugally then and saved the "extra" $15,000 a year!
What Leann says is so true. We are a nation of wasters. I
had to learn to be frugal very young. I was married at 17 and had 4 children by the age of 25. My husband was in the Army so money was very tight. Well I'm now an old grandma and still poor. What really makes me angry is people who just carelessly throw things away that are perfectly useful, even if it isn't to them. Someone could surely use them. I am a janitor and I clean offices, banks etc.
I am sure I have posted this before....REcycling will save you so much money!! Garbage is expensive to pay for, not considering the once valuable things found inside bags! Most garbage DROP-OFF places offer recycling for free or under a dollar a large bag. Call around, once you find a place watch how long a garbage bag will last!
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