Comments on: 9 Recession Survival Tips http://www.spendingless101.com/2008/12/29/9-recession-survival-tips/ Information on saving money, spending less money, and getting more for your money... Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:15:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bob Firestone http://www.spendingless101.com/2008/12/29/9-recession-survival-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Bob Firestone Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:54:36 +0000 http://www.spendingless101.com/?p=1234#comment-1032 @John thanks for posting my article. You are right about staying calm. Nothing good comes out of focusing on the negative having a steady hand and sticking to your plan is the best thing you can do right now. If you are putting $100 away every month in a stock account now is not the time to stop in fact now would be the time to increase it. The only thing that will actually fix the bank problems is time, until then keep your head on straight. @Shirley No Starbucks or booz in college? Wow I never would have lasted a week. lol <abbr><em><abbr><em>Bob Firestones last blog post..<a href="http://www.bobfirestone.us/years-resolutions-waste-time/" rel="nofollow">Your New Years Resolutions Are A Waste Of Time</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> @John thanks for posting my article.
You are right about staying calm. Nothing good comes out of focusing on the negative having a steady hand and sticking to your plan is the best thing you can do right now. If you are putting $100 away every month in a stock account now is not the time to stop in fact now would be the time to increase it. The only thing that will actually fix the bank problems is time, until then keep your head on straight.

@Shirley No Starbucks or booz in college? Wow I never would have lasted a week. lol

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]]> By: Lynn Northrup, CPA http://www.spendingless101.com/2008/12/29/9-recession-survival-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Lynn Northrup, CPA Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:45:50 +0000 http://www.spendingless101.com/?p=1234#comment-1026 These are great ideas. I really liked the concept of keeping your auto maintenance up to date. It will pay dividends in the long run. These are great ideas. I really liked the concept of keeping your auto maintenance up to date. It will pay dividends in the long run.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.spendingless101.com/2008/12/29/9-recession-survival-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Shirley Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:40:02 +0000 http://www.spendingless101.com/?p=1234#comment-1005 Haha. I especially like the suggestion to eat less. CNN also suggests: Recycle old dates so that you don't have to waste money impressing someone new. (Sad.) Another option is to have a garage sale. You could have a typical sale or you can place things on eBay. (You'll get more money on eBay.) And last but not least, always buy in bulk. (ie. Get the 20 lb bag of rice instead of the 16 oz box.) And finally, when I was a poor college student, I found tons of ways to cut costs... I went dry at my sorority (which was very good for my studies), I started writing on both sides of paper and opted out of the overpriced FiveStar books, I made all of my long distance phone calls during my unlimited nights & weekends, I did FULL loads of laundry, I cut out Starbucks (which was quite traumatic), etc... If the average person looks at their life, they'll find tons of ways to save. Great tips. :-) <abbr><em><abbr><em>Shirleys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VelvetBluesBlog/~3/497860856/" rel="nofollow">5 Things We Hate About Google</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Haha. I especially like the suggestion to eat less.

CNN also suggests:
Recycle old dates so that you don’t have to waste money impressing someone new. (Sad.)

Another option is to have a garage sale. You could have a typical sale or you can place things on eBay. (You’ll get more money on eBay.)

And last but not least, always buy in bulk. (ie. Get the 20 lb bag of rice instead of the 16 oz box.)

And finally, when I was a poor college student, I found tons of ways to cut costs… I went dry at my sorority (which was very good for my studies), I started writing on both sides of paper and opted out of the overpriced FiveStar books, I made all of my long distance phone calls during my unlimited nights & weekends, I did FULL loads of laundry, I cut out Starbucks (which was quite traumatic), etc…

If the average person looks at their life, they’ll find tons of ways to save.

Great tips. :-)

Shirleys last blog post..5 Things We Hate About Google

]]> By: John http://www.spendingless101.com/2008/12/29/9-recession-survival-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 John Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:40:53 +0000 http://www.spendingless101.com/?p=1234#comment-1002 Another tip is to be patient. Try not to let the economy and the talk of doom and gloom sway you from sticking with the plan. You'll get through this. Another tip is to be patient. Try not to let the economy and the talk of doom and gloom sway you from sticking with the plan. You’ll get through this.

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