Rain barrels for watering our lawn and plants in the spring and summer - water is SO EXPENSIVE.

Holding off on major home purchases - we need new floors, new windows, new furniture, but we are making do with what we have.

Only buying new clothes that are necessities and buying them thrift or high quality on sales. No cheap crap from Amazon because we hand our older child's clothing down to the younger one so it needs to last.

Anonymous wrote:No pets.
2 kids maximum.
Japanese cars. EV if possible. Solar panels.

They did an analysis of EVs vs comparable gas models and it takes like 10 years on average for the EV to be worth the higher up-front costs…and ZERO accidents.

Repairs on even minor EV damage can be really high because they have sensors everywhere and the systems may not work because of that minor damage. You can drive your gas car with dents all over the place, but not necessarily with an EV.

The Chevy Equinox EV was considered one of the best values.

No pets.
2 kids maximum.
Japanese cars. EV if possible. Solar panels.

I feel all of you. Things have gotten so expensive and I'm seriously considering looking for a job after quitting about 1 year ago. I'm not sure I can find one in this economy but I may just put myself out there for all sorts of gig work. Funny thing is our finances are still ok under one income and with our savings, but I'm increasingly worried every day because of the current admin and its actions.

No vacations this summer or spring break

Carefully looking for sales and specials at grocery stores and plan my meals around it

No clothes unless necessary although I havent bought much ever since I stopped working

Instead of gym fee, workout outside or use peloton app

Will let my hair grow long this year and maybe cut it myself

Things I havent been cutting back are eating out 2x per week mostly because of spending time with friends/convenience and the occasional coffee/boba after hiking.

Not getting married. Not buying homes. Not having kids. Not hosting. Not having big marriages.

Anonymous wrote:Sound weird, but I never really had or have low following expenses: tax, healthcare, education, childcare, rent/mortgage, food, utilities, and commute. My car loan interest was 0%. Credit cards pay me.
Working on cutting rent $200-$300 in few months. I could rent out my parking spot and storage, but that would be overkill.
The 50% to 100% off at several restaurants is quite cool too. Can't explain it. It is what it is.

Well…yeah you will save a ton of money if you get 100% off at restaurants…but perhaps explain that one.

Sound weird, but I never really had or have low following expenses: tax, healthcare, education, childcare, rent/mortgage, food, utilities, and commute. My car loan interest was 0%. Credit cards pay me.
Working on cutting rent $200-$300 in few months. I could rent out my parking spot and storage, but that would be overkill.
The 50% to 100% off at several restaurants is quite cool too. Can't explain it. It is what it is.