I get this a lot from friends and acquaintances: "ButtBidet, how do you do it? How do you have money put away yet still have a bit of free time". I don't normally like to share all my tricks, because if everyone did it, businesses would catch on and it would stop being so successful. You all are like family, tho. I think it's fair that I share it with you.
Here are a few tricks I found to save some money and time. ๐คซ don't tell everyone, just people you know and trust. ๐
- Before buying anything, scour the Internet for deals. - I can't get over how often I was gonna buy something on Amazon, only to find it half the price on Aliexpress or Ubuy. Give it a Google search before hitting "purchase".
- Call up and haggle with your insurance company - Tell them that you found a better deal. Many customer service representatives are empowered to give discounts of 10-20% to keep a client.
- Cancel unused subscriptions - I can over how much people pay for Spotify or Netflix. If you're not watching it, cancel it. That $20 a month really adds up.
- Travel at off peak times - Did you know that flights on Tuesday are so much cheaper than on Saturday? Leaving the house at 8am on a Sunday uses so much less petrol than leaving at 1pm. Plan ahead with your trips, and you can save so much.
- Have a cleaner come once a week to do a deep clean - Getting under sofas, in ovens, or under sinks is really tiring and time consuming. Get some outside help, and enjoy the extra time.
- Order door dash instead of cooking - Shopping, preparing, cooking, and cleaning are really time consuming. Order food from your favourite restaurant, and enjoy high quality food without the effort.
- Rent out the home your parents' bought for you - $3000 a month for rent doesn't sound like much, but times 12 months and you've got $36k, more than a lot of people make in a YEAR! It'll be hard, but you'll thank yourself for the savings.
- Manage your employees to work off the clock - Labour costs are expensive, save where you can. One way to get your workers to work for free is to give them an unreasonable quota, something they definitely won't finish in 8 hours. If they stay an extra two hours past their shift to finish, that's money in the bank for you!
- Use political connections to get government contracts - Those politicians aren't doing anything. Call them up and get them to work for you! There's a lot done by government employees that you can easily have done by your workers who make much less. Make up a story about "efficiency" and have your dad's newspaper repeat it over and over.
- Start wars to destroy redundant production and increase the size of your markets - If you're finding that profits are flat, sales are down, and there's no new customers coming your way, go for war. Most people in your settler country are pretty racist already, it's not hard to stoke hatred for a non-white country far away. Occupation armies are guaranteed customers, as well as the new shops you'll able to open up (because your competition is obliterated)
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