Why Saving Money Means Change, Not Exclusion, the Way You Communicate
It is an accepted fact that other people can severely drain your budget. While cutting back on expensive social gatherings can be good for your budget, it can also leave you isolated. Instead of focusing solely on cutting costs, try finding free alternative ways to get your group together.
As the personal finance blog Frugaling points out, many of the community’s favorite meeting places are associated with spending: dining out, going to bars, going to conventions, watching a movie, etc. When we budget, all of these things look like numbers on pages, but we forget that they also represent groups of people and, more importantly, they represent the socialization that we all need at some point:
When I first started saving money and became more frugal, I did not notice how I was pulled out of the consumptive trick of society … But over time, I began to feel this lump in my throat … This feeling of loneliness came back. every attempt to save resulted in losses in social situations. No matter how hard I tried to spend my free time with friends, which was actually free, I realized that it was difficult.
Unfortunately, there is not always a simple answer to a problem. You, as a thrifty one, can offer cheaper or free activities to your social group and try to convince them to join them. You can try going to a restaurant without food. You may even need to set aside a budget for yourself to spend your socialization money on. However, excluding social gatherings just because they cost money can hurt you in the long run.
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