It’s easy to have no-spend days or even weeks when we have no money at all. Simply because we have no choice, especially when we can’t borrow any money either.
The challenging task is when we are a freelancer, an entrepreneur, or anyone with a lot of money, but with irregular income. One month we earn a lot of money and the next month you earn nothing.
Author: wiselyfrugal
10 Food Recipes from The Great Depression Era That Are Delicious… and Healthy
The Coronavirus pandemic has made everything rather unpredictable, especially jobs and income. Even if they’re not the same with the Great Depression, it has forced us to be more cautious with our budget. With limited ingredients and varieties, people in the Great Depression era were forced to come up with many creative ideas. Many of them are delicious but not healthy. In this post, I’d like to list ten recipes inspired by the Great Depression era that are not just delicious, but also healthy.
How to Be Frugal Without Looking Cheap
Frugal is often associated with being cheap. In reality, they’re not the same. Being cheap means spending as little as possible without caring about the long term effects. It disregards the overall quality of the main purpose of an activity or an item. Below are 5 tips on how to stay frugal without looking cheap, assuming the items are already of good quality and last long.
How to Be Efficient With Fuel While Driving a Car
When we drive a car, we tend to focus only on safe driving but tend to abandon the idea that we can save on fuel (or potentially increase fuel consumption) by doing certain things. Here are the top ten tips on how to be efficient with fuel while driving a car:
Frugal Lifestyle during Coronavirus Pandemic: Survival Mode Style
The latest pandemic, Coronavirus, has put many lives into uncertainties. From working the same hours with less pay, working fewer hours with less pay, or even job loss. Many young people go back to live with their parents as they can’t afford the rent. But what about those who already have family or living overseas? There’s no other choice than just to survive and be as frugal as possible. Here are 10 tips on how to live in a survival mode.
What to Do With Stale Bread – 10 Easy Recipes
Coronavirus restriction is still around, making supermarket visits is more like going to a war zone. As a result, we tend to buy everything in bulk to avoid going to the supermarket too often. Including bread. But unlike other long-lasting food, bread lasts just a few days and gets staled easily.
15 Kitchen Must-Haves for Frugal Living
When it comes to frugal living, the general rule is preparing your own meals, desserts, snacks, and coffee. You save heaps of money when you make your own food compared to buying from takeaways or eating out at a cafe or a restaurant. This means there are must-have items in your kitchen to make your food preparation easier and safer:
10 Tips on How to Reduce Your Electricity Bill
We should use less electricity, not just for the sake of saving money, but also help the environment.
Below are 10 tips on how to use less electricity, thus, reduce your electricity bill and save the environment:
10 Everyday Items You Can Repurpose
It’s good to be a minimalist and want to get rid of everything ‘unnecessary’ in order to be free from clutter. But there are some items that can be repurposed, which in the end, not only help the environment by reducing unnecessary wastes but also help us save money to buy gifts, new storage, etc. Here are 10 everyday items you can repurpose:
7 Frugal Living Tips During Coronavirus Lockdown
While there are still savings and government aid to help ease the financial burden of living costs, we often feel it’s not enough and many of us end up borrowing money from financial institutions hoping this loan can be quickly paid off when we go back to ‘normal’. If it’s possible, don’t borrow at all and adjust the living expenses to whatever available income at the moment.