Cutting Expenses At Home

Some years ago I tried every method available to mankind to give up my smoking habit. I tried nicotine gum, patches, weaning myself down to a handful of cigarettes a day. In the end what worked was a determination to stop and to stop cold turkey. You might be best served to cut recurring household expenses the same way.

One of the best places to start is with recurring charges that may be attached to your credit cards. The various services that you never use and have paid more money on than you car to think about. Get rid of them!

At the risk of treading on a sacred cow for many families, consider your cable TV bill. Let be real, it is not worth paying for 63 movie channels and premium services to watch one move a month, is it? Cancel your subscriptions all at once and you will likely realize a savings of 30-40 bucks a month. The best part is after 24 hours of not having the access to the multitude of premium services, you will not miss them. I promise you wont.

The more ambitious person may include stopping swimming pool services. It really is not that hard to maintain a pool. And since you wont be glued to your couch watching premium movie channels you will need something to do.

You and your spouse could make somewhat of a game of these cost cutting procedures. No doubt she is spending money on something you don’t want or vice versa. Honey do you really need to spend $40.00 a month on your nails? You’re right darling, what do you say instead of playing golf Saturday morning , you mow the grass, I let the lawn service people go today