Living Cheap: Does living cheap mean being miserable, or giving up what you want?

Living Cheap

Does living a cheap life mean being miserable, or giving up on your own? not at all. In my own case, that meant getting what I really wanted. Spend less on everything or activity, and you can get the most out of them, right? The key is to spend less And yet get what you want and want. I'll tell you how I managed it

Stay cheap Accommodation

The first house I owned was a home (Mobile Home) on a small lot. I paid less than 20 20,000, and paid $ 257 per month. With taxes, insurance and repairs, it still costs less than rent Three bedrooms, an extended living room, and a nice fenced courtyard, it was very comfortable. I finally sold it for $ 45,000

Living Cheap

The two things I did made it even cheaper. First, I paid the maximum mortgage while I was working. Within five years, I did not owe anything, and utility from this place, phone An average of $ 300 per month was spent on garbage collection, taxes, insurance, and repairs. It is living a cheap life

It got even cheaper when I found out I could easily rent the other two bedrooms. I get $$ a week, and $ a week or more for another, and I added all the utilities. I Found good young boys on rent, and increased fares by up to $ 600 per month, making it more than a cheap livelihood, and even better than free accommodation. I was earning $ 300 every month and living for free Was

Stay affordable - think and plan

I could work less at a lower cost, so I could walk without a car. This saved even more money. Sometimes the bus fare, and the used bicycle I bought in the car l. The cost did not increase for a fourth time. I needed to plan my trips around the city a little better, but it was worth it

Even though I was about 40 years old, I never paid more than $ 40 for a piece of furniture. You need to know about what is the important things to you. I paid 20 220 for high tech sleeping bags What, because very light backpacking was important to me. On the other hand, since I couldn't tell the difference between a nice, clean sofa at 30 30 and it cost $ 900, I bought this second one

I felt that when I did less, I had time to consider my options more carefully. Time can save a lot of money. I paid others half the amount for groceries, and when I got the car So, I paid again, which cost a lot more than I paid. When I went to Ecuador for a month, it cost $ 1,040, including airfare, hotels, food, 21,000 feet of mountain Includes a guide climb. It was possible because I had time to find a deal

I never cared much about jobs, and I only worked part-time for years. I wrote poetry, read good books and played chess. I traveled many times a year. I live my life in South America(Got love (Happily married which is now about 5 years) Are It wasn't possible because I made a lot of money, but because I've spent less than I earned, and used the difference that matters to me

This article does not mean guidance. I explain how many other subjects I traveled so cheaply and bought things. It's just for you to think about the possibilities. , And to point out some principles. What are the rules? Find ways to pay less without receiving less. Don't buy things you don't need. Just spend less time working and more thinking. Stay out of debt. Finally I know what really matters to you, because that's what you can get the most out of being cheap

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