It starts from home. First thing is budget, you have to compare your earning towards your expenses.You may have spending little more than you supposed to but now you have cut corners.At home try to keep the electricity as low as you can by turning off the unnecessary lights.Programme your thermostat that way when you are not home it won't run.I saved 60% on my electricity bill by doing that.Don't run too much water.People tend to do their loundry even for few clothes.Wait for appropriate amount of the clothes you need to wash and do the loundry which saves you on water as well as on electricity while you drying them. If you have big family always try to buy grocery and household stuff in bulk.There are things even for small family you can buy in bulk for example: Shampoos,Tooth pastes,Soaps,Cooking oil,detergent,Sugar,Water,Sodas etc.If you are the Costco,Sam Culb's member you can find those stuffs in the bulk there.These are pretty regular things you have to have which don't go bad for long time.Watch out for the sale coupons which comes on mail.You can also buy things way cheap on E bay or Craigslist in your area.Sometimes you can get things free.If you have cell phone ,you can get rid of the home phone unless you need that.
Step2
For the gas, check the gas price around your areas in the internet.If you go mapquest.com at the right top there it says gas , click on that,type the zip code it will show you the low gas prices in your area.Itemize the things which you have to do , if you driving certain location of the city so you don't have to go make another trip for same thing again.Driving takes lot of gas.If you work near to your house do not buy expensive and fuel consuming vehicle,which can make you pay interset every month,big property tax,heavy auto insurance.
Step3
Try to cut down eating out a lot.Home cooking saves a lot.However if you are very busy,don't have time to cook you can buy frozen foods which are still cheaper than restaurants and fast foods.There are some organic food stores where you can buy organic foods which are healthy for you for ex. Joe Traders etc.You are saving on gas , tips ,expensive foods.If you are fan of the movie , you can go to one of the grocery store like Shoppers or Bloom where you can rent a movie in $1.00 per day.
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