If you have Jeff Bezos money, then this does not apply to you but for the rest of us, even if you have gainful employment, it can be tough. Here are a few tricks I picked up over the years, these can be topics ranging from how to get deals on fast food, eateries, shopping etc. For example if you like McDonalds breakfast(I try to stay away from fast food), They charge you about a dollar and some change for a sausage McMuffan, they charge you $2 more for an egg Mc Muffin and another $1 plus change for the bacon and eggs. I could go to the store and get a dozen eggs for $2.
Do not snob well in the States, we call them 99 cent stores, dollar stores or thrift stores. For my college, over the years, I estimate, I saved over a couple thousand dollars on school supplies easily. Why pay $5 for a sharpie or a college ruled notebook when you could pick those items up for a dollar? Why pay $5 for a 4 pack of AA or AAA Energizer batteries, when you can pick up 10 for $10?
Gas. Now that I am in Nevada, it is cheaper than CA but still not dirt cheap. The cheapest place near me is the circle K at 3.49. Why pay $60 to renew my cost co card, when my dad and or fiance have one and I can gas up there, save .15 cents on the gallon. You say big dal right but my car holds 15 gallons. that is over a $2 savings every time you pump up. I do door dash that adds up, I gas up once a week at Cost Co, that saves me about $10 a month.
The only thing I really splurge on is my good internet with Cox and I have a good TV Sports package but even that is 170 a month, if I want to get the same thing, I would have to get a la care. Even if all goes well and I one day am a university professor, at that elite private school, my salary will hover around a modest $90,000-100,000(keep in mind PHd from a top 5 school). Even with Door Dash, I could add another $10,000 but I am not going to be making project management engineering money $250,000 a year, like my pops.
Oh one more thing do not be afraid to clip those cupons. There is one show I really enjoy watching it is called Extreme Cuponing. Caveat, these people spend quite a bit of time to execute this. They show that the shopping could be a 6 hour or more event. They are up at 2AM clipping cupons. One wife's husband was a Varsity football coach at the local high school so she had to do these things. They were both on a teachers salary, which heads up is dog crap. She was also gracious and taking care of his elder parents. No lie, I saw not only her bill went down to zero at the end, she even GOT money back, and even made a $20 donation to the U.S.O. The entire freaking grocery store gave her a standing ovation, deservedly so.
If anyone has any tips for me I am all ears.
Do not snob well in the States, we call them 99 cent stores, dollar stores or thrift stores. For my college, over the years, I estimate, I saved over a couple thousand dollars on school supplies easily. Why pay $5 for a sharpie or a college ruled notebook when you could pick those items up for a dollar? Why pay $5 for a 4 pack of AA or AAA Energizer batteries, when you can pick up 10 for $10?
Gas. Now that I am in Nevada, it is cheaper than CA but still not dirt cheap. The cheapest place near me is the circle K at 3.49. Why pay $60 to renew my cost co card, when my dad and or fiance have one and I can gas up there, save .15 cents on the gallon. You say big dal right but my car holds 15 gallons. that is over a $2 savings every time you pump up. I do door dash that adds up, I gas up once a week at Cost Co, that saves me about $10 a month.
The only thing I really splurge on is my good internet with Cox and I have a good TV Sports package but even that is 170 a month, if I want to get the same thing, I would have to get a la care. Even if all goes well and I one day am a university professor, at that elite private school, my salary will hover around a modest $90,000-100,000(keep in mind PHd from a top 5 school). Even with Door Dash, I could add another $10,000 but I am not going to be making project management engineering money $250,000 a year, like my pops.
Oh one more thing do not be afraid to clip those cupons. There is one show I really enjoy watching it is called Extreme Cuponing. Caveat, these people spend quite a bit of time to execute this. They show that the shopping could be a 6 hour or more event. They are up at 2AM clipping cupons. One wife's husband was a Varsity football coach at the local high school so she had to do these things. They were both on a teachers salary, which heads up is dog crap. She was also gracious and taking care of his elder parents. No lie, I saw not only her bill went down to zero at the end, she even GOT money back, and even made a $20 donation to the U.S.O. The entire freaking grocery store gave her a standing ovation, deservedly so.
If anyone has any tips for me I am all ears.
