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It is remarkable and daunting when you allow yourself to slow down and take note of all the unconscious ways you've been spending unnecessary amounts of your money due to simply not knowing better and/or being raised to think that that's just the way one navigates the world.
Fortunately, this Reddit thread inspired the majority of folks to share the ingenious ways they've gone about saving the very money they were wasting back.
You wouldn't think that those seemingly innocent and cheap bags you fork over the extra bit of change for would add up like they do over time, but in fact, they do.
A wise man from Winterfell once said, "Winter is coming" — and he wasn't kidding. With the winter months can come the aggressively high heating bills. However, there are great hacks to sidestep that grim financial season.
Impulse purchases can happen to the most disciplined of us. With how rampant online marketing and targeted advertising has become nowadays, it takes a bottomless well of willpower to not cave at one point or another. However, the virtual wish list can be your best and most prudent friend when the online shopping temptations arise.
Check out these other clever hacks for saving money shopping on Amazon.
Seriously, don't let those extra fruits and veggies go to waste before they've belted out their last song. Not only will the extra veggies add beneficial nutrients to your next meal, but they can enhance the overall flavor profile of whatever you're eating that much more. Cheap budget mush can achieve its final form at last.
Online marketplaces where people sell their used goods, are thriving in a world where inflation continues to push new products out of financial reach. Those old clothes you were going to toss but could sell could very well be the difference between covering your next utilities bill or having to dip that much deeper into your hard-earned funds.
It's unreasonably hard to remember this when you're out grocery shopping. It's like we're programmed to not take advantage of this life hack.
One mere money-saving tip was not at all enough for this frugal savior.
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Not only are you never supposed to eat those silica packets, but you're also ill-advised to toss them out because they could apparently save you a ton in precious sweat equity.
When the money is tight enough to the point that you've succumbed to living in a reality where you simply refuse to check your bank account, yet you still pay for a service like Wi-Fi, maybe consider trying your local library for that very Wi-Fi that continues to drain your bank account.
In all fairness, this is one of those hacks that you'd think many of us would've figured out by now, but due to widespread brain programming, maybe we've conveniently overlooked this money hack. Until now.
Green onions turn out to be the financially-savvy hero we never saw coming. Let's go.
(And it turns out that green onions aren't the only plants that can be grown from kitchen scraps.
While this particular money-saving hack does require patience on your end, in terms of when you'll be able to wear your new out of season article of clothing, it certainly pays off in the long run. Look at it as a logically sound investment in your future self's happiness.
Beauty products clearly don't plan on getting cheaper any time soon, so this quick list of impactful money-saving tips for beauty products is quite clutch.
Okay, this person peered behind the veil of reality itself and seemingly cracked open the Grand Book of Wisdom to tear off the page involving what might be one of the more genius money-saving hacks we've seen in a long time.
(For the record, we're also big fans of using fast-food receipts to score free food.)
You know you're cruising down the right lane of life when you're able to eat healthier and save your money in the process. Usually, this can be quite difficult.
When we slow down to calculate the total costs associated with gym visits over even a year, it can be wildly enlightening. This person cracked the code.
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If you're going to cave for the guilty pleasure that is soda, you might as well save some money back in the process.
Haircuts have grown to be so expensive it's become worth it on a certain level to just let that flow go. Well, if you have the right roommate or partner, or you're feeling adventuresome with teaching yourself how to cut hair, you could stand to save a lot of money in the long run.