Comments on: Time to get back to basics http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/03/time-to-get-back-to-basics/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Retire at 40 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/03/time-to-get-back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-154864 Retire at 40 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:02:32 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/03/time-to-get-back-to-basics/#comment-154864 Nice and down to earth. As always, the most basic things do the most for us. This should be the case no matter what the situation and in fact, if you practice it when you're on a money-high, it's not so hard to practice it when you're on a money-low too. * remove extraneous spending * be sensible about what you buy i.e. no impulse purchases * remove non-necessities, or at least replace them with cheaper alternatives Here's <a href="http://retire-at-40.blogspot.com/2008/09/10-little-sacrifices-which-make-big.html" rel="nofollow">10 little sacrifices which make a big difference</a> which might help. And that list doesn't even include cigarettes and alcohol. Nice and down to earth. As always, the most basic things do the most for us. This should be the case no matter what the situation and in fact, if you practice it when you’re on a money-high, it’s not so hard to practice it when you’re on a money-low too.

* remove extraneous spending
* be sensible about what you buy i.e. no impulse purchases
* remove non-necessities, or at least replace them with cheaper alternatives

Here’s 10 little sacrifices which make a big difference which might help. And that list doesn’t even include cigarettes and alcohol.

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