Boss says 'No?' Give Yourself a Raise!
What can you do to get a little financial breathing room? You have a lot more control than you think! With just a little bit of thought, you can give yourself a pretty significant bump in pay - like maybe $10,000 a year! Interested? Let's go!
Workday Savings - Earn More & Spend Less
What's for Breakfast?
They call it the most important meal of the day and its a great place to start saving money. Do you stop at Mickey D's or Starbucks on the way to work? Breakfast sandwich and coffee? If so, you're probably dropping about $4 - that's $20 a week! The same meal at home costs less than a buck.
Eat breakfast at home! Annual Savings: $750
Getting to Work
If you live 10 miles from work and drive your own car, it costs you at least $25 every day! Carpool, take public transportation - or if the weather's nice, ride a bike or walk.
Leave the Car at Home! Annual Savings: at least $4,000
Coffee Break
Take-out again, right? We'll be conservative and call that $3 a day. $15 a week! Bring a thermos - or suck it up and drink the swill they brew at work.
Starbucks - Just say No! Annual Savings: $750
Lunch Hour
I don't care where you're buying lunch, it has to be costing you $6 a day - and I'm being conservative. Lunch from home? About a buck.
Brown Bag it! Annual Savings: at least $1,000
Saving at Home - Hey! You're not even working!
Fast Food is Whack!
A family meal in a nice restaurant once in awhile is great, but our daily obsession with fast food is nuts. We don't need it, our kids don't need it and our rear ends don't need it. And its expensive!
Cook Real Food for your Family! Annual Savings: $2,500
Feeling Lucky? You're not!
Come on, people! You already know this, but it's worth saying one more time: state-sponsored gambling is no different from any other kind - you're never going to win. Stop throwing your money away on the lottery!
Scratch the Lottery for Good! Annual Savings: $250
Are You a Cable Slave?
Just because your cable company offers collegiate bowling in the middle of the night doesn't mean you're going to watch it. In fact, you're not going to watch more than 5 of the channels they offer, so why pay for the other 250?
You might even try turning the TV off once in awhile. After all, what's going to mean more to your kids? Another episode of "Survivor" or you reading aloud from Harry Potter and using all your funny voices?
Reduce your Cable Package - Annual Savings: At least $650
Love Your Cell Phone? Lose Your Land Line!
I wouldn't dream of asking you to get rid of your cell phone, but how about the land line? If you live and work in an area with good cell coverage, why do you need both? You don't!
Lose the Land Line - Annual Savings: $500
Saving While You're Playing - Big Bucks Here!
Hollywood for Free
Like to go to the movies? Rent DVDs and video games? Listen to books on tape? Who doesn't? But it's expensive, right? No! Because the latest movie releases, video games and recorded books are all available right down the block at your neighborhood public library - for free. You might also want to try reading something once in awhile. There's some good stuff here!
Get a Library Card! Annual Savings: at least $2,500
Your Kids Don't Want Disney World - They Want You!
Are the kids bugging you to go to Disney World? Of course they are - that's why Disney spends millions on TV spots! But is going into debt for a two-day thrill the example you want to set for the little guys? How about this instead: no matter where you live, somewhere nearby there's a beautiful, peaceful spot you can take the family for free. Have a picnic or cookout, throw a ball around, tell stories around the fire. I promise you, a day like that is worth ten at any theme park!
Say No to the Mouse! Savings: at least $2,000
Your Savings up in Smoke
Still smoking? You should quit because you love your family, but if that doesn't do it for you, consider this: a 40-year-old with a pack-a-day habit who quits and puts her cigarette money into an account earning 9% will have $250,000 when she's 70.
Quit Smoking Today! Annual Savings: $2,000
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