Get Rich Slowly - Personal Finance That Makes Cents. Best Deals Today. How I Saved $10,000 in 10 Months (at an Entry Level Job) Editor's note: This post was originally published in April, 2011. But it still remains one of the most popular on Vagabondish.com so we're flashing back to it today for a little travel savings inspiration. Enjoy! Over the course of 10 months, I was able to save $10,000, working an entry level job, in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. – Los Angeles.
I saved over half of my measly $2,400 monthly income despite the inflated costs of living. I don’t say this to brag (entirely), but to remind everyone that anything is possible if you focus enough energy towards your goals. . #1: I Tracked Every Expense I saved my receipts and entered them into a spreadsheet at the end of every day. Here are what my expenses from January ”˜08 looked like (rounded up to the nearest $): Rent: $485Utilities (gas/electric/water): $35Cable: $15Bus/Gas/Transportation: $53Food/Vitamins/Supplements: $265Eating Out: $41House Items/Toiletries: $11Entertainment/Beer/Gifts: $230Education/Business: $70 Total: $1,165. T-Bucket's Wacky Tips to Survive Being Broke in a Recession - T-Bucket. 1. Put an egg in your Ramen 2. Have sex ,alot. It's free and it feels really good if you do it right. Heck, it even feels good when you do it 'wrong'. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
No Money Man: The thrifty adventures of Mark Boyle. Mark Boyle hasn't spent any money for the last 14 months. He lives in a small camper, makes or scavenges everything he uses on a day-to-day basis, and actually lives a pretty good life. Before making the big move to living without money, he made a list of all the things he uses and consumes and then figured out how to get by without buying. He was pragmatic about his adventure — you can't make solar panels from scratch, so he bought a set that provide him with enough power to light and run his laptop (another nod to pragmatism).
He takes solar showers, does his business in a homemade outhouse, and brushes his teeth with dried crushed-up fish bone and fennel seeds. Swing over to the Guardian UK to watch a great video showing how he does it. (Quick!