Inflation, lack of time, compulsive buying… Are you struggling to make ends meet? Don’t panic, here are our tips!
- Make a table with your mandatory expenses
Your rent, your phone bills, your electricity bills. To better manage your money, it is important to know what is obligatorily withdrawn in order to see what is left to spend.
- Learn how to save and set aside!
Even if you start with a small sum. You can learn how to save your money.
- Use discount apps
If you are an epicurean, be aware that there are applications to be able to eat in restaurants with reductions ranging from 20% to 50%! Subject to reading the conditions carefully and booking well in advance, for example with the app TheFork.
- Install an app to view your monthly expenses
This prevents you from being in the red and will allow you day after day to be aware of your expenses and improve your savings.
Avoid going to malls if you’re the type to crack easily.
Bonus tip: Uninstall your shopping apps so you don’t give in to temptation. Radical but effective!
- The student card: your sesame
Do not hesitate to find out on the internet, from your school/university about your student benefits, but also about those for those under 26! You can benefit from reductions at the cinema or in certain amusement parks for example, the fact of being a student is a significant asset.
Yes, shopping can be boring, but buying your own food allows you to make more meals and choose the best prices yourself. A ready-made meal is practical, but you have to take into account the delivery and/or service costs that are expensive for you! So from time to time you can indulge yourself but it should not become a habit.
- Have parties with you or your friends!
Having a drink on the terrace can quickly become a luxury when you have a small budget. So prefer, an evening at home the price of a drink on the terrace will be the price of a refreshing drink in the supermarket!
What is the gig economy?
It is the fact of combining different temporary or part-time jobs. So if you are gifted in a subject, in music or in writing for example, you can create your ad on sites like I propose myself.
Jeanette Atme Daou