It is true that an average person may not have
all the money needed to manage a home.
It is also true to say that not having enough resources is not a convincing
reason why your family should suffer. You
must be able to manage what you have to achieve a good result. Your
priority should then remain how to maximise the available resources to your
advantage.
You know how much you have or how much you are
given each month or period to manage the home.
The steps to take are:
Planning &Budgeting – You need to sit down and put together, what and what to purchase and
how to pay for other things that will sustain you and your family within the
period in view. You also need to know how
much it will cost you to get all these materials you will need putting into
consideration the resources at your disposal.
Allocation of the
Income
– You will need to share the available cash into different segments of things
you need so that you will not end up achieving some and leaving others behind
and become affected in the long run. It
is good to get everything you need even in small quantities than not getting it
all.
The following ideas will also help you cut
cost.
Buy Things in Bulk - when you buy
things in bulk, you will get some discounts; you will also avoid being cheated
by retailers who will always tamper with the measurement or quantity of the
product.
Cook Your Meals
in Large Quantity - It is more advantageous
to cook meals in large quantities and store them in your refrigerator than cooking
a small quantity in the morning only to cook another small quantity of the same
food next day. This is wasting of money.
If you want to cook a soup, make a type of soup you can use to eat
variety of other foods in a reasonable quantity that can last for 4 to 5
days. (Please do not store your food for
a very long time so as to prevent it from turning into a health hazard).
Dish Food in
Small Quantities –A lot of resources is wasted when you heap large quantity of food
in plates for people without taking into consideration their consumption
capacity. It is better for people to ask
for more instead of having left-over that will only end up in the waste bin. To save cost, dish out food in small
quantities.
Engage Your
Children
– Put a little price tag on your laundry, ironing, house cleaning, lawn cutting
and other jobs you will normally outsource and watch your children or relatives
jostle for it. Try also to identify people around you who are
willing to give you what you want for a token,
this way; you will save a lot of cost.
How to Manage Your Utilities
- To cut cost on Electrical Bills, switch off all electrical appliances when not in use i.e. TV and Musical Sets, Electrical Cookers, ovens, Computers etc
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Cooking gases are to be used on urgent needs if not use
alternative ways of cooking to save cost.
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Do not allow wastage of water.
- Pay your Utility Bills as at when due. Do not incur extra cost by
letting them accumulate or pay default charges.