Cutting costs
16 February 2008 Jeff Gill
When we decided to get our finances under control (at about the same time we acquired our teenage daughter), one of the obvious things to do was to reduce our expenses. We did this in two places.
We changed telephone companies. We we paying BT about £70 a month for our telephone and internet access. We switched to Orange. Now we pay less than £30 a month for exactly the same thing. (Note: Don’t expect the savings to kick in quickly. BT took six weeks to finally let go of us.)
I changed karate schools. The dojo where I was training had started to feel more like a get the owner rich project and less like a martial arts school. (I blame the organisational structure, not my former sensei, for whom I have great respect.) As soon I got my black belt I started looking around for somewhere else to train. I found another dojo that teaches the same style, has an atmosphere that I prefer, and isn’t all about the money. It costs me £200 less per year!
Those two simple changes are saving us £700 this year without affecting our lavish lifestyle even slightly. There are probably some places where you could very easily cut your expenses too.
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On 16 February 2008 christine wrote:
haha! lavish, whoo!