Comments on: How to Survive Without a Salary

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:22:40 +0000

Any topic can be interesting Sara – it is all in how you portray it!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:41:22 +0000

I would really be interested in reading that book about building a better blog in 31 days. I’ve always wanted to start my own, but I can’t think of a topic that’s interesting enough!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:41:02 +0000

hi I’m from the uk and my gf and I got everything for our home free or cheap when we moved in together we got a free double bed from ebay (our winning bid was actually 1p but they said we could have it) I got our bedroom carpet (a really nice cream one) from the skip (dumpster) outside the local carpet shop was an off cut really but it fits our room perfectly as well as the carpet for the hall (don’t have a car as neither of us drive so I had to roll it up and carry it home by myself lol approx 8ft x 13) fridge and freezer from freecycle as well as a bookcase. table and chairs from a friend who was getting new ones we have got three TVs from freecycle one for stepson one for living room and one for parteners mum although I don’t really watch tv rabbit hutch and run cooking utensils George Forman grill etc we also got to alot of carboot sales and jumble sales when we first got our own place we had no idea how we would be able to afford furniture but if you put your mind to it and don’t mind having to wait until you find things that are suitable for you free or very cheap could really surprise you at what you could get ( by the way if you are put off of “dumpster diving” because you don’t want to get into trouble with the law it is legal to take things from dumpsters as long as you Belive they are being thrown away and are unwanted uk and us (to the best of my knowledge)

By: Laurie Tam

Laurie Tam — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:23:30 +0000

Just like Lisbeth, I can live without a TV. What I can’t live without is my cell phone and the Internet since I may want to ask someone something through text message and the cable Internet line is for business purposes for me. I own a laptop while everybody else in the house have a desktop.
I currently don’t own a car and it’s somewhat hard for me to travel without one so I use my hon’s truck when I needed to take the kids somewhere or something.
Congrats on getting things to work for you.
I love Value Village, TJ Maxx and Marshall’s. Some of my books came from Marshall’s and there’s one within my walking area. If I needed to head there, I can just walk there. I still have an ottoman chair which I bought at Marshall’s/ And inside it, there’s a smaller version. I bought it for $25. What a cool deal. And as for goodwill? I recently bought a couple of books there too and I’m in Seattle. We got like 4 or 5 Goodwill in the area. I think.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:24:38 +0000

Thanks Lisbeth. I agree there are definitely somethings worth splurging on. We spend a little extra for high speed cable, too; we cut down on the amount of cable channels we get though.

We have a store here called Value Village and it has some great finds. And in the town I’m moving to there is a store that has really cheap but new stuff.

I think the key is to figure out what is worth spending more for and what you can get away with buying for less.

By: Lisbeth Tanz

Lisbeth Tanz — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:47:52 +0000

Danielle, All valid and very good points about living a more conservative lifestyle. I have yet to resort to dumpster diving, but I do buy at second hand and Goodwill. Another area people often splurge is on cable/satellite TV. Personally, I could live easily without a TV, but I live with someone who can’t. The other splurge is a cable modem, but that is a business necessity for me. There so many ways people can cut their spending if they really take a hard look. And – as you point out – it’s better to do that long before you make the leap out of a stable position.

Congratulations on making this work!