Christian and I are not the best money-savers. Money just slips through our fingers like water normally. We’re lucky that automatic deductions exist and we live in a country where the cost of most daily things is so low compared to Christian’s salary, though also a bit unlucky as it means so far we haven’t actually had to learn how to save money.
However, we’re taking up a new project, one that’s going to require the saving up of a pretty big pile of cash in a relatively short amount of time. Technically, it should be possible. We are surrounded by hordes and hordes of people who live on much less than we do. The only question is how do we go about copying that.
For my part, I’m taking the bus and cooking a lot more. The cooking I have no problems with, it’s just a matter of thinking ahead enough to be able to plan out trips to the store. Taking the bus is a little more difficult as I’ve discovered that once I get into the shopping district, the buses heading back out to our apartment are fairly unpredictable, and it would all be a little more pleasant if I knew where my iPod was. Christian has promised he’s going to try building his own helicopter parts for his money-gobbling blackhole… err… I mean toy helicopter. And collectively, we’re eating out a lot less and will be opting Chinese instead of the more expensive foreign restaurants when we do. Oh, and our purchase of a bed is indefinitely on hold, in fact purchasing in general is indefinitely on hold.
On paper, it all seems pretty easy. However, we’re looking at something like eighteen months of this saving money stuff. Can Christian and I really manage to suppress our desires to throw wads of cash at random people for that long?