This is a collaborative post by Ellie Jo about being schedule-frugal and fitting being frugal into your busy day.
How Are You Supposed To Be Schedule-Frugal Anyway?
When it comes to being frugal and always trying to opt for the most appropriate option, it can feel quite dizzying to actually implement into your schedule. It’s not as if you’re going to make any savings unless you actively seek them out, nor are you going to appreciate your savings if you’ve spent hours trying to find them out. After all, time is more valuable than money. However, it’s essential to consider that if you want to be frugal, making adjustments to your daily living is just going to have to happen. The rewards are well worth it, but only if you know how to implement this form of lifestyle in the most reliable and worth-it sense, lest you fall back on your difficulties and have trouble keeping up with everything.
Thankfully, we have decided to help you out with these options, potentially giving you the means to operate and be your best saving self during every hour of the day. Consider:
Comparison Websites
Sometimes, having a resource do all the hard work for you can help you actually put this personal plan of action into progress. It takes almost no time to visit a website and to do so on any device with internet access. Moneypug is offering this form of help, as you can search for many products and ensure you find the cheapest deals with just a click of your fingers. Be sure to use services that offer you the best range in items you can search for, to prevent having to find a different comparison website for absolutely everything you need. Before long, websites like this can become a necessary daily driver for your shopping interests, giving you the tools to potentially save hundreds over a period of a month, while only taking minutes from your daily schedule.
A Store You Trust
It can be worth ensuring that one or two stores you visit remain your usual affair. While many budgeting guides recommend shopping around, it can be quite common to find one store that offers better deals than others in one department of product offerings. Maybe that’s the only product range worth your time, but it’s absolutely worth remembering and noting just which stores are offering you the best options. This saves you time worrying about where and when to purchase over the weeks, but once or twice a month it might be worth just comparing if they still retain their personal edge when it comes to purchasing certain items, just to ensure you are gaining the best deals in the long term.
Wholesalers
Wholesalers are very good value for money because purchasing large amounts of stock can quite often help you make use of certain promotions and save plenty of money in the long term. With a freezer full of meat, a cabinet full of items you need for home cleaning, and non-perishable or items you only use now and again like shoe polish, purchasing a yearly supply now might save you hundreds. An added benefit to purchasing a yearly supply of anything is that no shopping trips must be made to stock up for that year. That clue is in the title. This can be such a convenient thing to do that it might be the best piece of advice on this list. Even purchasing a subscription membership to a wholesaler might be worthwhile, because the money you save and the time you gain in the long run can help you focus on much more important efforts than weekly shopping.
Understanding Good Promotions
Understanding the difference between bad and good promotions can help you save in their presence, while also discerning if a purchase is worthwhile or not for you. It might be that you read the small print, or weigh up the actual price vs weight vs the regular purchasing. Sometimes a bundled item might just be a waste of your time interacting with the promotion in the first place because often free items are part of an effort to clear the stockroom than anything else.
Brands, Quality, And General Purchasing Decisions
Purchasing quality products often increase the timeline for your repair, replacement, and inability to use the item anymore. For example, high-end makeup brushes might last months, whereas low-end options might last weeks. For this reason, it might be worth considering the timeline of your purchasing power vs how long you can expect to benefit from the item. This will vary from product to product, but it’s easy to see just how much time you could save here.
With these tips, achieving schedule frugality is sure to be achieved.
