Comments on: How The Little Things Add Up http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/discretionary-spending-07012010/ The blog of the free, simple personal finance solution. Track all your spending automatically, find the best deals, save more money. And save the world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: CreditShout http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/discretionary-spending-07012010/comment-page-1/#comment-56091 CreditShout Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:08:59 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=12854#comment-56091 This is staggering to see on a chart like this. Thanks for the info! This is staggering to see on a chart like this. Thanks for the info! ]]> By: Kaleb Jones http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/discretionary-spending-07012010/comment-page-1/#comment-56045 Kaleb Jones Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:08:04 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=12854#comment-56045 I appreciate information like this because the little things really do add up. It's the every day spending of a few dollars here and there that can really be enough to pay another bill or fill your car with gas if you had just saved those few dollars. There are some very helpful, easy to try, tips at 88888888 They discuss things in brief sentences (or video clips if you chose) that help you save more when shopping for groceries, driving around and getting gas, cutting the cost of the electric bill and more things like that. The site has some free samples they update everyday too! We felt the savings right away, just spending smarter, using some of the suggestions we found on the site. I appreciate information like this because the little things really do add up.
It’s the every day spending of a few dollars here and there that can really be enough to pay another bill or fill your car with gas if you had just saved those few dollars.
There are some very helpful, easy to try, tips at 88888888
They discuss things in brief sentences (or video clips if you chose) that help you save more when shopping for groceries, driving around and getting gas, cutting the cost of the electric bill and more things like that. The site has some free samples they update everyday too! We felt the savings right away, just spending smarter, using some of the suggestions we found on the site. ]]> By: Squirrelers http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/discretionary-spending-07012010/comment-page-1/#comment-56027 Squirrelers Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:11:40 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=12854#comment-56027 The little things absolutely add up. A great way to sidestep outlandish expenses is to substitute. Simple concept, but it adds up. Example: Instead of a $3.00 latte, try a $1.00 coffee instead and save $2.00 in the process. That $2.00, multiplied by 365 days, is $700. Over the course of 20 years, we're talking about $14,000. If you invest these savings at a solid rate of return, this $14,000 figure could end up being conservative. It may end up closer to $20,000. You can also frame it this way: by substituting regular coffee for a latte, you could - over time - have enough to pay for a year of college for you child. The little things absolutely add up. A great way to sidestep outlandish expenses is to substitute.

Simple concept, but it adds up.

Example: Instead of a $3.00 latte, try a $1.00 coffee instead and save $2.00 in the process. That $2.00, multiplied by 365 days, is $700. Over the course of 20 years, we’re talking about $14,000. If you invest these savings at a solid rate of return, this $14,000 figure could end up being conservative. It may end up closer to $20,000.

You can also frame it this way: by substituting regular coffee for a latte, you could – over time – have enough to pay for a year of college for you child.

]]> By: Khushi http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/discretionary-spending-07012010/comment-page-1/#comment-55962 Khushi Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:08:34 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=12854#comment-55962 I think that is a very useful idea. For us it was paying for some cable channels we only watched rarely after having kids, but had not cancelled just because we thought we might get back to it. Khushi I think that is a very useful idea. For us it was paying for some cable channels we only watched rarely after having kids, but had not cancelled just because we thought we might get back to it.

Khushi

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