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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:56:42 -0700
From: "Gina Trapani @ Lifehacker" <lifehacker.edi...@gmail.com>
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On 10/5/07, samhealer <samhe...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I notice you haven't posted it to the site yet. Maybe you could also
> advertise the group again with this post?

Good idea.  I'm queuing up this post for tomorrow, and will re-mention
the group in the post.  Thanks Sam and Smokey. :)



> On 3 Oct, 02:57, Smokey B <frymysmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Gina,
> >
> > Feel free to use this post as you like.  I don't mind being quoted at
> > all :)
> >
> > On Oct 2, 7:51 pm, "Gina Trapani @ Lifehacker"
> >
> >
> >
> > <lifehacker.edi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Smokey this is a great post.  I'd like to post it to Lifehacker.com.
> > > Mind if I quote you?
> >
> > > On 9/11/07, Smokey B <frymysmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > I'm always a big fan of cutting costs on many unwanted expenses.  The
> > > > more tips on how you can save, the better everything else is!
> >
> > > > Here are some of the following ones I'm actually using, and the amount
> > > > of money I've been saving is incredible.  They're mostly random ideas
> > > > and they're not in any particular order.
> >
> > > > 1. Obviously, setup a budget.  Thanks to you guys, I love using
> > > > expensr for that purpose.  Just by visually seeing what you spent,
> > > > helps you quickly pick out all the little things that add up quickly.
> > > > 2. This one is a combo:
> > > > A)  Once I had all my financial affairs properly filter out, I started
> > > > to follow the rule of 60, 10, 10 ,10 and of course, 10!  Basically
> > > > take 60% of your monthly paycheque and budget that out for all your
> > > > expenses.  Rent, Transportion, Groceries, etc.  Next, 10% should go
> > > > into your retirement savings, you're gonna need that cash!  10% Should
> > > > go into long term savings.  This is emergency money in case everything
> > > > goes wrong and you need quick access to real money.  10% more should
> > > > go into short term savings, say 1 to 6 months worth of savings, then
> > > > you'd be surprised what toys you can afford!  Then last 10% should be
> > > > your fun money!  Enjoy life while you can ;)  Of course, this won't
> > > > work for everyone, so feel free to shuffle the numbers around until
> > > > they do, just stick with em once you do.  Sometimes you can even cut
> > > > out the short term savings for now until you can fit it in.
> > > > B) For part two, this is integrated with expensr.  I removed all the
> > > > categories and changed them all to Expense, Retirement, Long Term
> > > > Savings and Short Term Savings.  Using their budget tool, I just set
> > > > in the limit to each of their respective percentage.  Now I can get a
> > > > visual look and/or warning to see if I'm not following my own advice!
> >
> > > > 3.  I stopped buying books and got myself a library card.  I noticed
> > > > I've been speanding upwards to $200 a month on books, when I can
> > > > easily get most of these from the library.  Sure, I don't get to own
> > > > each copy, but that's a sacrefice I'm willing to make.  If the book is
> > > > absolutely amazing, then I still may buy it, but at least I get a free
> > > > sneak preview.
> >
> > > > 4. Cut out that coffee.  Actually, I drink tea, but I would head to
> > > > the coffee shop every morning and after lunch.  That's $1.50 a tea and
> > > > $3.00 a day.  That's upwards to $60 month!  (I know, I'm a math
> > > > genius.)  What do I discover though?  A box of tea for $3.00 total
> > > > that will last me the entire month!  Cha-ching!  More savings for me.
> >
> > > > 5. Bag your lunch.  Of course, that's pretty obvious too, but I've
> > > > quickly discovered that the price of one take out lunch can easily
> > > > feed you for a week and still be pretty delicious.
> >
> > > > 6.  Cancel your cable.  I had the super deluxe cable package, just for
> > > > the shear fact of status, of having all those channels.  Well, ya know
> > > > what, there's nothing on TV!!!  I find I just flip though all the
> > > > channels the same way I did with a lower package.  Even the movie
> > > > channels sucked because they were usually playing crappy movies.  So,
> > > > I really didn't cancel my cable, but I drop the extreme package and
> > > > also a $50 expense.
> >
> > > > 7.  Oh yeah!  Pay off that debt!  Sacrifice a few months of not having
> > > > much fun and pay more than the minimun payment on any debt you have.
> > > > Get rid of it.  All those micro-payments add up and you'll notice the
> > > > differnece once you're not paying them anymore!  This one is the most
> > > > important one of them all.  So what can you do in these next few
> > > > months without going out, or watching tv/movies?  Get outside!  Take a
> > > > walk!  Call a friend and play some catch.  Being outside is one of the
> > > > best time wasters.  Suddenly you'll have tons of extra dough and
> > > > you're being physically active, but that's another life hack we'll
> > > > have to talk about in another chapter ;)
> >
> > > --
> > > Gina Trapani
> > > Editorhttp://lifehacker.com
> >
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