Tips for making your retiree income go
farther Making your retirement dollars go farther can be
as simple as "Nudging your Budget"--trimming a little bit here and
there. This can allow you to keep your current lifestyle without
having to make painful cuts. Here are some other ideas for
you:
7. Let it grow, let it grow, let
it grow. In Europe many older women wear their hair
long--often styled into a chic updo or elegant bun. Now more
American women are doing the same. It should only take a moment to
figure out how much you will save every year if you let your hair grow
long.
We even know several independent men who have
let their hair grow and wear it in a single braid. Whether
they are doing it to save money or strictly for style--we do not know.
Either way, it gives them a very adventurous "I am my own man" look.
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8. See
the Light. Replacing standard light bulbs with Compact
Florescent Light (CFL) bulbs can reduce your monthly electricity
bill by 10% to 15%. The real savings, however, come from not
having to replace the old-fashioned standard bulbs. Most CFL
manufacturers claim that the bulbs will last 5 years. In fact,
some last much longer. The newest budget stretching light bulbs
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9. A Day Without Driving. We all
know that combining trips for errands can save gas money.
A new trend is to designate at least one day a week with no car
trips at all. It is quite surprising how much additional
money you can save. And by walking to local stores instead
of driving, you will be getting your daily exercise, too.
More Budget Tips
here.
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A Real Life Retirement:
10 years before she retired,
Joan, a London journalist, moved into a new home.
Within a week she changed every light bulb to CFLs. A
decade later she had not needed to replace one of them.
They were still burning bright!
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NOTE: All names
on this site have been changed to protect individual privacy.
The stories are real, the names are not.
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