It may be very obvious, and then again, maybe not, but to me, the best theory about saving money (and what few take time to understand), is not under-estimating the small savings. I talked a lot about this in Finding Financial Freedom.
When you read a book like The Tightwad Gazette, it is tempting to think “re-washing ziplock bags doesn’t save very much money”. But the trick is that the mentality of “using less and re-using everything” multiplied across thousands of daily practices becomes a big savings–IF it is a mentality.
How far can you stretch it? How little can you use? There are so many areas to apply this! (Shucks…we’re still making a game out of how many little people we can stuff in the bathtub together 😉
My hairdresser was talking about how many people over-wash their hair–that washing it every day is not healthy for it. So how could washing your hair every other day save that much money? Hot water, shampoo/conditioner, electricity for hair dryer….Now, multiply that across the whole family. That’s just one small area.
Apply the same concept to food, washing detergent, peanut butter, toothpaste–anything consumable. It will add up!
Just an extra bit of inspiration!
This was hubby’s bowl–with a sprig of fresh parsley, grown on the front porch (by my daughter…I can’t grow a thing).
A group of our friends came over to watch Demographic Winter again…we had a great time. It’s one of those films that makes you shout at the end…”OK…let’s go have more babies!” (To which the men shout…”AMEN!” 😉
