03-01-2014, 06:18 PM
I don't think i'll be very good at this because i've been living like it so long i've forgotten all the unnecessary crap other people full their lives with lol, but here goes. Blatantly stolen inspiration from others here lol:
- Lose the tv, if you've got sky/virgin/other shite you'll have just saved yourself about a grand (assuming you haven't already got a tv).
- Another vote here for butchers meat
- And servicing your own car
- And only heating the rooms necessary
- Second job - else you'll be bored now you haven't got the tv to melt your brain
- Sack off all the shite food - crisps, chocolate, sweets, fizzy pop, alcohol, etc - you don't need it and you'll enjoy it more if you only have it once a week, or less
- Cook your own food, ready meals have less goodness in them and cost five times as much, not to mention taste shite
- Walk/cycle everywhere you can, be amazed at how much you spend driving the 3 miles to work/the corner shop/the pub
- Turn the heating down, double up your curtains and put draught excluders everywhere
- Use lidl/aldi for non-perishables and other high value/long life bits like cheese and cereal
- Set a value on your allowed personal spending money each month - i've managed to mod my car on a budget of £25 a month for the last three years
- Restrict the supply of treats, such as takeaways, cinema and nights out to once a month/fortnight
- If you use coupons, ONLY use the ones you would use normally, else you end up with a cupboard full of expensive crap that you'll never use
- Lose any high-energy machines you don't need - dishwasher, tumble drier and the like
- Learn sewing, darning, knitting, plumbing, electricals, carpentry, and anything else you can learn which means you don't have to throw something away yet or pay someone else to fix it
- Seperate your clothes into categories so they last longer - nice (for occasions where you need to look smart and meeting new people), meh (for general day-to-day stuff and meeting friends) and holy-f*ck-burn-it-now (for mechanics, diy, walking the dog and anything else that will destroy clothes)
- Lose the tv, if you've got sky/virgin/other shite you'll have just saved yourself about a grand (assuming you haven't already got a tv).
- Another vote here for butchers meat
- And servicing your own car
- And only heating the rooms necessary
- Second job - else you'll be bored now you haven't got the tv to melt your brain
- Sack off all the shite food - crisps, chocolate, sweets, fizzy pop, alcohol, etc - you don't need it and you'll enjoy it more if you only have it once a week, or less
- Cook your own food, ready meals have less goodness in them and cost five times as much, not to mention taste shite
- Walk/cycle everywhere you can, be amazed at how much you spend driving the 3 miles to work/the corner shop/the pub
- Turn the heating down, double up your curtains and put draught excluders everywhere
- Use lidl/aldi for non-perishables and other high value/long life bits like cheese and cereal
- Set a value on your allowed personal spending money each month - i've managed to mod my car on a budget of £25 a month for the last three years
- Restrict the supply of treats, such as takeaways, cinema and nights out to once a month/fortnight
- If you use coupons, ONLY use the ones you would use normally, else you end up with a cupboard full of expensive crap that you'll never use
- Lose any high-energy machines you don't need - dishwasher, tumble drier and the like
- Learn sewing, darning, knitting, plumbing, electricals, carpentry, and anything else you can learn which means you don't have to throw something away yet or pay someone else to fix it
- Seperate your clothes into categories so they last longer - nice (for occasions where you need to look smart and meeting new people), meh (for general day-to-day stuff and meeting friends) and holy-f*ck-burn-it-now (for mechanics, diy, walking the dog and anything else that will destroy clothes)