Money-Saving Tips From the Reids
The Reids have their own tips on how to live on a budget in retirement without sacrificing happiness:
- Cut your own hair
- Do your own manicures
- Watch movies from the library, on DVDs or on your laptop
- Don’t pay for cable TV
- Find an inexpensive mobile phone carrier that includes internet access
- Try to have no more than one car
- Take advantage of free concerts, events at libraries and religious institutions, bike rides and walks
- Forgo credit cards as much as possible
- Shop for clothes and household items at Goodwill and Salvation Army
- Eat a mostly plant-based diet (The Reids eat red meat about once a month and can make a chicken last for four meals, plus homemade soup. They eschew the empty calories and expense of chips, cakes, cookies, candy, ice cream and fast food.)
- Avoid alcohol and smoking
- Take advantage of your location’s natural surroundings
- Look for free college classes to keep learning. In several states, adults 60 and over can attend public colleges tuition-free, as space allows.
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