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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the single mom who can’t save and saw our trip as a “waste”. You’re right.

A person with a closed mindset probably would never be able to do this.

I really didn’t talk about my savings plan and how I made it happen, so that plays a lot into it. Also there are many sacrifices that some people would never be able to make that enabled me to save.

Here are a few (but not all):

1. Cut the cable cord. Annual savings = $1,200
2. Reduced afterschool time to 3 days per week . Annual savings = $900
3. Use money that would have been spent on camps = 200x2 kids x3 weeks = $1,200
4. WiFi share with a neighbor (PayPal a neighbor $25 a month)
5. Worked very little part time (less than 10 hours a week) making $50-$100 per week driving Uber = $2500
6. Drove a used hybrid (so no car payment )

Maybe the single mom was rude in her tone, but do we know she is getting cable? Assuming her kid is old enough to be out of daycare, afterschool care is probably not negotiable. Camps???? Childcare while driving Uber? May already have a used car but still car payment. You realize its really expensive to live in this area, even on $75k???

There are many more suggestions but just those four is 3100 bucks.

Most times in life it’s not a matter of can’t do; it’s a matter of wont do.

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