“How to make a home economy that really helps keep my bills up to date and relieve my budget?” - This is a common doubt in times of crisis, when saving and controlling spending is not only useful but, above all, indispensable.
After all, a large part of your monthly income goes to home expenses, right? Therefore, organizing financial life is the first step to overcome these moments more easily and quickly.
With that in mind, we have brought some tips that will help you save and discover the advantages of two new habits: reusing and replacing. Curious? So follow the post!
Adopt a more conscious energy consumption
For starters, it is important that you have a more conscious energy consumption. This involves, among other things, using LED lamps, which are the most cost-effective model when it comes to reducing spending.
It is also interesting to replace ares-conditioned by fans (which are more economical appliances), do not leave cables or power sources connected to the outlet without loading any electronics and restricting the use of electric showers to cold days.
To top it off, enjoy the natural light throughout the day, leaving the windows open and tickets to balconies and balconies without blockages. Thus, the interior of your house is brighter and you do not need to light the lamps before dusk.
All these steps can even be passed on while you teach financial education in childhood for your children, nephews and other family children.
Learn to reuse water
Another interesting tip of home economy is learning how to reuse water in your daily life. "But how to do that?" You might be wondering. Calm down that we explain a simple way to do this!
Do you have a washing machine at home? So when programming the next wash, remember to select the option of use in economic mode. This will cause the device not to discard right away to the water in which the pieces were soaking.
On the contrary, this will give time so you can remove most of it with the help of small vessels, collectors or buckets. From there, you can use this water in many ways.
For example, to wash your car, clean the outer areas of the home, to sanitize the windows of the house etc. It is also worth mentioning that some machine models save part of this water to make its own internal cleaning.
Share Entertainment Services
Domestic economy doesn't mean giving up the things you like and that are your entertainment at free times just because they have a price. None of that!
In fact, it means continuing to enjoy each of them one while reducing the expenses you had. Want an example to make this clearer? Let's go!
Imagine that you sign a football championship broadcast service to accompany your heart team in every game. By paying alone for him, the amount comes out for $ 30.00 per month.
However, when sharing your account with a friend, each pays half the monthly fee. Therefore, what cost R $ 30.00 before is only R $ 15.00.
That is, it gives, yes, to maintain your leisure and still save. Best of all, this tactic can be put into practice at various services, especially movie streaming, series, music and digital reading.
After all, many of them offer accounts with up to five simultaneous hits for a closed value that can be shared between a group of friends or family.
Start replacing/taking advantage
Did it go to the market of the week and noticed that any food is price higher than normal? No ignoring this increase and continuing to buy it as if nothing is happening!
On the contrary, start replacing it with more affordable alternatives. For example, instead of bringing traditional cash juice, how about exploring fruit pulp - which even has fewer preservatives and sugars?
Instead of a packet of bread, how about you take 1kg of tapioca gum - which yields multiple units and can be easily mixed with chia, flaxseed and other nutritious seeds?
This is the simplest way to prevent your food spending from getting out of control and affect your budget. In addition, you still diversify your meals, venture into the kitchen and can even adopt new eating habits.
Oh, and an extra tip involving supermarket: Remember to make a list of the items you need before you go to it. This helps you look deeper into offers and avoid unnecessary purchases (especially those made on impulse).
Sell what you no longer use
Finally, there is a tip that does not involve exactly saving, but making an extra income that will help with your expenses: sell the things you do not use, just accumulates.
It may seem silly, but many people have this custom. Over time, they buy or earn clothes, accessories, decoration objects, appliances and the like.
However, instead of keeping at home only what they really will use or what will be useful for decorating and organizing home, they keep everything, turning their own housing into a true deposit!
So it's time to detach. Make a list of items that are in good condition and work correctly and offer them to friends, family and acquaintances.
A lot of people can be interested in getting something, see? Also, you can create a profile on social networks, for example, and set up a virtual bazaar to sell clothes, books, shoes, CDs, DVDs, etc.
Just see how you can cut spending and save more from a home economy that reviews your habits and proposes some practical changes in your routine? Start being inspired by our tips! Enjoy also and find out how to lead a minimalist life can change your relationship with money and consumption!
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