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Frugal living is never easy. It requires discipline and habitual duties.
It is a half year already in 2020, but if you want to leave more money in your wallets for the rest of the year then you might want to check out the points below:
- Stop trying to buy happiness.
Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, many expensive things will not bring lasting happiness. The things that really satisfy us are totally free – God’s love, reading your bible, oxygen, accepting Jesus’s salvation, laughter, sleep… realize that spending more is not equal to permanent happiness.
- Stop lying to yourself
If you don’t really need it, don’t buy it. You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself. You will be amazed at the number of things you really need in life if you pause to give it a deep thought. A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things and possessions.
- Practice delayed gratification.
Do not follow the path of least resistance when it comes to spending, maybe if you wait for a little more you might not need to spend that buck at all. Delayed gratification gives us time to expand our possibilities, to consider other options, to wait for the right timing. Keep your money, until you really need to spend it!
- Stop being jealous of others.
Jealousy makes you act irrationally, jealousy breeds bad decisions. Be content and strive to live free from envy. Instead of counting other people’s blessings ask yourself this: “What’s something I have that everyone wants.”
- Track the Spend.
Many earn money in just one or two ways but spend the same money in so many ways – cable bills, phone bills, streaming bills, subscriptions, more subscriptions, even more, subscriptions, eating out, take away, home orders endless lists. Track your spending for one month, you will be amazed where your money is going to review your spend list and commit to making amends, it will leave more money in your wallet.
