“You can use vinegar, baking soda or dish soap to clean almost everything. You don’t need to spend money on a bunch of specialty cleaning products. Also, don’t throw away torn/stained clothing or towels. These are your new cleaning rags. Now you don’t need paper towels.“
“Beans and rice are actually quite nutritious.“
“Before you pay to have something repaired, watch YouTube and see if you can fix it yourself. Try to borrow the tools to do the job. Clean the tools before returning them in a timely manner, and it’s more likely they’ll lend them to you again.“
“Learning how to make food from scratch has saved me so much money. Also budgeting my life away; along with having a detailed list of bills owed. It’s important to know what money is going in and out at all times.“
“Remember, just using a toothbrush is about 80% as effective as using toothpaste. Even if you can’t afford toothpaste, brush any way.“
“I always bought the special offer 50c fruit and veg in Aldi. A lot of them freeze well so I’d chop them and freeze them. Fruit went into smoothies or on breakfast cereal, and veg went into soup or other dinners.“
“Potatoes are the cheapest and most underrated food you can buy and do different recipes with. Dinner was basically $0.15 each.”
“Still poor here. One of my hacks involves groceries. I only have one reusable bag for shopping, not a super big one either. If all the groceries I buy can’t fit in this bag, I start putting things back. Usually, the contents of the bag work out to be $50 – $60CDN. It’s a nice way of not going to overboard when getting groceries, and this keeps me within my budget.“
“Use every gym’s free trial.“
“Thrift basically everything. You can find really cheap clothes, furniture, kitchenware, and more in good condition for pennies on the dollar. Especially true if you go to a thrift in a a nicer part of town.“
“When I was poor and young, I would go to art openings for the snacks and free wine.“
“Quit wasting $ on restaurant food, buy store brand groceries and learn to cook. “
“Buy generic brands! It’s the same sh#t under a different label.“
“Never skip the discounted meat section of the grocery store, if it looks good & expires tomorrow or the next day you can have a good protein for half the shelf price.“
“You can add small amounts of higher quality food to make a struggle meal much better for cheap. Like adding a boiled egg, green onion, maybe some pickled veg, and a few tablespoons of cut up leftover meat to a packet of instant noodles. Makes it much more filling for about a buck. “
“Ramen noodles! 33 cents a pop and they’ll fill you up for 4 hours.“
“Foil over your windows if you don’t have air conditioning to keep the heat out.“
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And I agree with the comment on the last one. Outside shades or shutters are the only safe thing to keep heat out and the windowpanes in one piece