Who wouldn’t want to know the secret to effective saving? Many of us face such a challenge every month and almost every time it turns out that some unplanned purchases or events caused us to fail again. We read online about other people’s methods, we open savings accounts, we try something different every now and then, and few people think to ask what our grandmothers’ methods were. Life used to be hard, many people think it was much harder and poorer than now, and yet our grandmothers somehow made ends meet. What were their magical secrets?
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Times are changing, but any effective saving advice is worth its weight in gold
Ofeminin has collected advice from various grandmothers. They concern saving in areas of life that are well known to us. Many readers admit that the tips are extremely simple and if we effectively follow at least a few of them, we can save up to several hundred zlotys each month.. We can keep them in a piggy bank, deposit them into a deposit or savings account. In total, we can collect quite a considerable sum during the year. Times are changing, our needs and expenses are also changing, but some advice is so universal that it is worth trying to put it into practice, regardless of whether we are single, in a relationship or have a group of children. Modern life is difficult, but it is worth taking at least this first step.
Golden advice from our grandmothers
Our grandmothers sewed their own clothes and made lots of preserves to make it easier to survive winter and spring. The whole family benefited from it and there was no need to spend unnecessary money. Other tips are listed below. Readers claim that some of them turned out to be groundbreaking.
It used to be that if something broke, you fixed it. Nowadays, people throw broken things into the trash. However, all you need to do is mend a hole in your underpants yourself or replace a bicycle tire and you can easily save a few pennies. But now people are too lazy for that. – says Grandma Eleonora
It was enough to buy used clothes at the bazaar, in very good condition, which after washing were as good as new. Today it is even easier to buy used things. – says Grandma Helena
Guests who are invited for dinner should always be served plenty of potatoes. They are cheaper than meat. – Grandma Leokadia confided.
Many people today throw away plastic food containers, cardboard boxes containing appliances or jars containing preserves. Meanwhile, I washed plastic containers and used them to store food – e.g. butter in the fridge, and cardboard boxes served as kindling in the stove or I kept trinkets in them – including: old newspapers. I use the jars every year to prepare cucumbers or peppers in vinegar. – added the older woman.
Always buy a lot of goods, but at a lower price. Especially when it comes to sugar, flour, oil or milk. When it comes to cooking, use whole products. Don’t throw egg whites into the trash, even if you don’t need them for the dish. Put them in the fridge “for later”. – added grandma Jolanta.
Use simple, self-prepared chemicals to wash dishes, floors or anything else. There is no need to buy expensive products from the store. A spoon of baking soda dissolved in water and a sponge are enough to clean the burnt spots on the pot. – says grandma Zofia.
First, write down your monthly and annual financial goals in a notebook or computer. It’s best to divide them into four categories: necessary monthly expenses, pleasures, unforeseen expenses and savings. Divide the last three groups again: let pleasures constitute 40%, unforeseen expenses and savings 30%. remaining amount. Write down the annual amount of money you want to save and stick to it at all costs. Barring a disaster, you should be fine. You can keep these funds in your sock or in your account. – suggested Grandma Jadwiga.
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