Living on a 100 bucks a month or less

I am asked often, how do you live on a 100 bucks a month or less? Well there are several rather complex mathematical formulas involved. But there is also a bit of depression Appalachian wisdom that guides it all.

Since most people today can't do their math without the aid of a calculator, we'll go with wisdom. You have to have the things you need. Food to eat, fuel for the car to get to work. And so and so …..

Now there are the things you want, like satellite TV with 5000 channels, or going out to eat once or twice daily. Let's not forget trading in your old pick up for a 100,000.00 diesel rig!

Those are examples and I'm sure you can come up with more of your own. So to save some bucks lets look at what we need and don't need. I don't need the TV system, that saves me about 200 dollars a month. I don't need the big truck, that saves me about 700 dollars a month. Not eating out so much leaves another 400-600 dollars in the bank.

Remember Victory gardens? Well give up the gym membership and plant a small garden. You'll save about 30 a month from not having the membership and you'll get exercise from the garden, using all that extra time you have now since you don't have 5000 brain dead channels to watch.

And for every dollar you spend in seeds and plants you can get up to 20 bucks back in good fresh produce, better than anything you can buy at any store.

I'll stop at this and in a few days I'll continue on with this thread.

Blake