How Simplifying Your Month Can Save You Money

Less than half of all households don’t have at least three month’s worth of savings.

Out of all the homes that don’t, 89% are employed, and 25% make incomes between $56,000 to $91,000 each year!

I can tell you there is never a bad time to be saving money, and if you don’t have money set aside, now is the perfect time to start!

I’ll show you how to simplify your life and home so you can start saving more money.

Plus, I’ll show you how to simplify your life to achieve frugal living so spending is NOT your first priority.

And, with these living simply ideas, you’ll set yourself up for a great year of a more simple lifestyle that will help you be a saver not a spender.

You can simplify your month to save you money! These are easy tips anyone can do that have a significant payoff! So let’s get down to business!

Pare Down Some Of Your Possessions

How many times have you purchased something only to find later out you already had one? This happens more often than we’d like to admit.

While having certain possessions can make your life easier and bring you joy, many will serve as a source of stress as well. Start by living simply with less! Every possession in your home requires storage and upkeep to maintain them in your home.

Instead of holding on to some of these items, pare down your possessions to only the things you genuinely love and use each day. Living simply may just give you more time to enjoy what is really important to you.

If you are holding onto something seasonal, ask yourself if you really need to keep it, or if it’s something you can borrow from someone else when you need it.

If you can part with just 10 items a week, and you sell each item for only $1, by the end of one year, you’ll have $500!

That’s a significant amount for only getting rid of 10 items a week, don’t cha think?!

Start by reducing your wardrobe and learn how to create a capsule wardrobe. It’s easier than you think and a great way on how to simplify your life to achieve frugal living.

Cancel Memberships And Subscriptions

Simplifying your month should extend to all parts of your life and not just the items in your home.

Consider your memberships and subscription services as well when you are paring down your expenses, just like you are paring down your possessions.

How often do you use Netflix and is it enough to justify the cost? Is there something you could be using that is just as easy but costs less such as getting an antenna for a one-time $50 cost?

The gym is a common membership cost friends usually get rid of. There are so many easy ways to exercise at home. The key is to make an appointment with yourself and get a friend to hold you accountable.

Think about those makeup boxes you get in the mail. Are they really worth it? Do you use every item in the box or only a couple? If the products are not getting used, then it’s time to cancel your subscription.

Canceling these kinds of things doesn’t have to be forever. Just do it for 3 months until you can decide if you want to continue for the longer term. When you learn how to simplify your life and home, you also learn to look at the things you are really using that are actually adding value to your life, not just taking up space and getting dusty.

Not only will canceling some of your memberships help you free up extra money in the bank, but encourage you to use the resources around you for less money.

Make Your Savings Automatic

I have talked about this before, and will continue to do it because it is one of the most effective EASY ways you can save money.

Most people think “automatic savings” and that you have money taken out of your paycheck before it hits your bank account. And that’s a GREAT way to save money. But most of the sweet mamas I knew needed every penny their hubby made so pulling it out automatically wasn’t an option.

Instead, I started using a smartphone app called Earnin’ and use the “Tip Yourself” feature to be intentional about our family savings. It’s an app that moves money out of your checking account and into a separate savings.

Skipped going to Starbucks and made a coffee at home today? TIP YOURSELF $3.

Put back the $10 of impulse buys when you were at the grocery store today? TIP YOURSELF $5

Ate frozen pizza instead of ordering Papa John’s? TIP YOURSELF $15

As you see your “Tip Jar” growing with money, it will help continue to motivate you to add to your savings. Plus, the best part is that it’s safe and sound in an “offshore” harder-to-spend account where you’ll have it later.

The best part is that you won’t even “feel” it at all!

This will guarantee that you save money each month by making saving money effortlessly. And with these simple living ideas, you’ll start to see the progress you are making overall which will make you feel good! So let’s keep going!

Cut Things Out Of Your Schedule

The busier you become, the more tempted you will be to spend money. Why? Because you will become short on time!

As you are busy and your energy starts to deplete, you may rely on that daily venti coffee with the extra shot of espresso, maid services to clean your home, eating out for a quick dinner, and a yard service to get your lawn taken care of.

Pretty soon you are spending more money than you want on things you can easily do yourself!

When planning your schedule, take these busy luxuries into account and clear some room in your schedule to give you time to take care of yourself and your home. You’ll be living simply in no time!

Plus, when you learn how to simplify your life and home, you’ll learn to leave time in your schedule for rest. Rest is so important to our health and our mental well beings. We can’t be great at our jobs or our relationships when we’re maxed out.

Pool Your Plastic

Don’t keep a million different credit cards on hand for you to deal with each month.

The chances of you remembering to pay them all are slim. Even when you set up automatic payments, the less you have to juggle, the better off you’ll be. Chances are, you will forget to pay one and accrue a balance by accident.

It’s a great way on how to simplify your life and home.

Unplug And Turn Things Off

Unplugging your TV can help you save money in so many ways! You won’t need cable or streaming services as often, and you won’t be paying for the electricity. This doesn’t just go for the TV, turn off your Xbox and even your cell phone from time to time.

When you’re out, turn off your data so you can save some money on your cell phone bill.

Evaluate your current expenses and ask yourself if any of these areas could use some improvement. You may not need to get rid of them entirely, but turning off or unplugging something now and then could have significant benefits for your family.

Plus, when you’re not watching TV, you won’t be tempted by commercials to buy the latest and best thing, the kids won’t see the new cereal or the new movies out in the theater. You’ll be saving more because you’ll be watching less advertising commercials.

Do you see how living simply with less can save you money?

Simplifying your life doesn’t have to be hard, in fact, it’s something you can do in just a few simple steps.

As you can see, you can learn how to simplify your life and home so you can start saving more money.

Plus, when you learn how to simplify your life to achieve frugal living, you relearn how to live so spending is NOT your first priority.

And, with these living simply ideas, you’ll set yourself up for a great year of a more simple lifestyle that will help you be a saver not a spender.

By living simply, you will find that you’ll not only save money but time as well.

YOUR TURN: What are your tips for living simply? Share with me in the comments below!

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