Frugal ways to achieve your financial goals

gboyinwa ajomale

February 20, 2018 7:53 AM

These frugal ways would help you achieve your financial goals much faster.

There are simple and frugal ways to achieve your financial goals.

Living a frugal lifestyle might look difficult but it helps make it possible for you to get a hold of your finance.

Here are frugal ways to achieve your financial goals.

1. Cut the cost of utility bills

At the end of each, there are utility bills which are meant to be paid. So you need to cut on your utility bills by managing the use of things, in that way, at the end of every month you are not billed so much.

For instance, electricity bills are one of the most common utility bills people pay which is very compulsory and also important.

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Cut the cost of electricity bills by managing how you use electricity supply. Do not leave any electrical appliance on if it's not in use. Try switching off all things that have to do with electricity when leaving the house from the main source.

2. Pay with cash

Another hack is to help you save more is paying with cash.

Paying with cash helps to know how much you spend on items, which is quite different from swiping with your atm debit card that you don't know how much you've spent.

Spending with cash has a way of controlling your expenses but with an atm debit card you tend to spend more without knowing how much is left in your account.

Also, there are some charges when you use your atm debit card to pay for things.

It might be convenient to go cashless and pay for things with your atm debit card but it is wiser to pay with cash.

3. Repair things yourself

Doing repairs is another way you can save more. You can do simple repair and maintenance yourself instead of paying someone to do such repair and maintenance.

Most of the repair that is always needed to be done is either in the home or the car. Go online and watch video tutorials on how to do some basic repairs and try them out. You save more on cash when you do simple and basic home and car repairs.

4. Cook your meals yourself

As people eat out at restaurants or order food from restaurants, so also does it eat into people's finances.

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To save more on meals, it is best advisable to do prepare most of your meals yourself. It saves more to cook at home rather than eating out and ordering food.

5. Wait till the price drops

If something new comes out and there is a high demand for such product, it is always expensive at first.

You don't have to be in a rush to get it. Let the buzz die down before you get such product. The product would have dropped to a reasonable price when the buzz on such product has reduced.

This works well when it comes to electronics and gadgets. It can give your finance a positive change.

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