Comments on: 80 Easy Money Hacks You Need to Know https://moneypantry.com/money-hacks/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Satrap https://moneypantry.com/money-hacks/#comment-11198 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:54:02 +0000 http://moneypantry.com/?p=9392#comment-11198 In reply to James.

Great job James! We love hearing success stories!

]]> By: James https://moneypantry.com/money-hacks/#comment-11197 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:52:19 +0000 http://moneypantry.com/?p=9392#comment-11197 Paper budget, keep track of every single dollar. Don’t swipe your debit card (and especially not your credit card!!!) unless you can account for every dollar you’re about to spend.

If you think you want something, wait a week and see if you want it still. Look at all your bills and find out what you can get reduced. You can negotiate just about everything. I got laid off a few years back, and I called everywhere and told them I had to cancel because I got laid off. My internet bill went from $79 to $32, I got my car insurance down by about $10 a month.

Not having a job meant I did other stuff to fill the time in between looking for a new job and networking, so I exercised more to have something to do, limited my outings to just Friday night (also limited my alcohol intake to just two drinks on Friday night), and within a few months I was in a new job that paid more than I’ve ever made. I’ve actually stuck to most of the habits I formed, and the extra money I invest every month is just crazy.

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