Restaurant bills and bar tabs have a way of adding up. The more food you make at home, the more you save. Plus, making your own meals tends to be healthier than eating out.
You can also keep a safe distance from drugstores, where it’s easy to mindlessly spend $5 to $10 on drinks and snacks.
Set a realistic goal, like cutting your bill by 25% or a specific dollar amount, that makes sense for your spending habits.
Check out more tips on how to trim your grocery bill .
I traded in my 12-minute subway ride for a 35-minute walk to work and it saves me $117 a month, or the price of New York’s monthly Metro pass. That’s over $1,400 a year. Plus, the daily 3.4-mile round trip is built-in exercise and quality thinking time .
If an active commute is completely out of the question for you, check out other ways to cut back on commuting costs .
