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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 )

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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As a middle class single parent who doesn't have cable, and knows very few other people in the same boat who have cable, if I read another post telling me how I can solve all my financial problems by not having cable, I'll scream.

Next, you'll tell me that I just need to cut my daily Starbucks habit.    Because cutting out the one peppermint hot chocolate I get every year, is going to save a ton of money![/quote]

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