How to save money, for low wage earners.

The main way to save money as a low wage earner is simply not to eat.

I've said this for years now, and that is

If not for thy stomach I'd probably be a millionaire by now

Original sentiment, so if hear anywhere else, like most concepts, remember you heard it here in the zone first.

But anyways, ye, thy stomach is the bulk of our monthly expenses, followed by everything else.

I mean If I spend on clothing what I spend of food, I'd never have to wear the same shirt twice in a year and so on.

The problem with the working poor class is that most in that 'class' labor for a living and when one labors, one burns calories, which creates appetite.

I was off for 5 days, returned to work today, and suddenly appetite came back like a Lion cause I was working again, and physical labor type jobs require energy, or you start feeling drained and all.

Most people who labor for a living, drive trucks, construction, welders, shop work and more, can spend around 2-400 dollars a month just on junk food, at lunch time, and not even realize it.

Solution?

Pack a lunch...duh.
Easier said than done, but things have to become a habit in life in order for it to work.

Not only that, but the chemicals in store bought foods, chips, sugary drinks, sweets and more, are addictive, is why even though many do pack lunches, still end up getting high dose of sodium (and other addictive chemicals) by still buying chips at lunch. (like crack cocaine of food).

Natural foods can seem boring and bland next to the stuff you can by in corner store while at lunch.

I've forced myself into the habit of making next days lunch as soon as I get in, it's the first thing I do, cause if I don't, after a few beers, this that, I won't feel like it.

Not only that but allows me to sleep in longer in morning, cause if wait till morning to prepare lunch, forget about it, you're usually to grogy to care.

Also, for years, to proud to shop at 'Dollar Stores', not anymore, maybe to lazy, but not to proud.

You'd be suprised how far 3-5 cans of $1 dollar tuna can go, or 1 dollar frozen this and that, or 1 dollar burritos or 1 dollar cans of chili, greens, this and that.

(The above mainly applies to people who are single and get zero Gov benefits what so ever)

When single and have no help from no one, you're your only life line, for once broke, you may as well be dead to people.

Sad but true, so don't allow self to go broke, cause the credit card companies you go broke for won't give a crap once you're actually broke, always take care of self first.

That's not 'evil', it's just survival.

It's not your fault that living expenses cost more than your ability to generate income for.

Gotta run, other things to do.

Was just going through checking account and noticed this

I noticed a $70 (-) in account, abbreviated of course, but was from pay pal...so went to pay pal and saw it was from a 'Word Press' blog I have...$70 dollars a month for a blog I don't make any money off of???...hell no!

Yearly, maybe, monthly, hell no!

So about to call this 1-877 number, if no answer, will cancel payments immediatly, cause I've learned there's no quicker way for large company to call 'you', than to simply cut off payments.

This is how I've been saving money all year is by finally waking up and cutting off all sorts of little payments like this, that do add up over the year...and this may be another one.

I mean for 70 dollars a month I'd rather have a Podcast channel, or a number of other things that would more benefit me.

I'm about to slice and dice wordpress...I work to hard for my money to give it away like this anymore.

It's one thing if prospering from Word Press, but I'm not...it's simply a recreational blog, not paying 70 a month for any recreational blog.

Time to do some clean up.

Truth is, social media, just isn't like what it use to be, the average person isn't allowed to accumilate views, followers, like the days of old before these social media giants realized how powerful it was for one individual to accumilate so many views, they don't allow that anymore, now you have to 'pay' to play, now if you want a million views, ect, 50,000 followers on twitter, ect, you have to 'pay' to get your stuff promoted...the game has changed....in the past it was just random and organic, today, do to greed, you have to pay in order for FB or twitter, ect, or even google, to allow your posts to be seen by others...greed makes people so so very ugly.

Another way to save is to change your debt card number at least once a year, why?

Cause over the course of the year, even years, we all sign up for those '30 day trial' stuff, but then forget to cancel trial do to busy lives, but they don't forget to debt fee every month, so now you're paying for service or a site, membership, that you forget you're even a part of, and this stuff can add up.

Is why whenever I change card at least twice a year, I'm shocked at how many services I wasn't using come out of the shadows with a 'your payment did not go through' notification.

Even do the same with your paypal account if have one.


If business won't answer your call, cut their payment and remind them who's in charge, no one has a right to your money.

I had to do that with 'Go Daddy', and others, then and only then do they listen is when you cut of their source of payment.

Also, just got Xfinity bill reduced by about 40 dollars per month.

So that's an extra 480 I'll save per year, that's a big deal, that's an auto repair.

Plus I stopped drinking beer as of late, so that's about 200 a month, or so, that I'll be saving.

Update

This is only advised if don't have any meat in fridge, if have meat in fridge, keep fridge on, as often it's just a few degrees that seperates the rapid growth of bacteria.

But if all you have in fridge is like water, drinks, fruit, bread, ect, than no problem.

But if have any meat in fridge, keep fridge on all the time unless going to cook and eat the meat the next day.
And or place meat in freezer during the night when fridge off.