Because my income decreased during my futher education I had to shift the lifestyle I've incured.
So I started to analize where I need money and where it is pure luxury to spend it on.
That's why I start this serie "Living on the edge". I will describe how I saved money and will share my thought and experiments with you.
First of all I live in Switzerland. Everythin here is a little bit more expensive than somewhere else. So I was thinking about buy the expensive food and hygiene products in Germany. Why? Well hygiene products are around 1/3 or 1/2 of the price in Switzerland. But there are some problemes first how to get there...I don't have a car and with the public transport it is also expensive so I have to buy a lot that I can get the ticket price out. Another "porblem" is that I could invest the money in a swiss store so the people working there become enought money so they can life in switzerland too.
So i decided whene I visite my family who live near ther german boarder I will go and buy some stuff in germany like the hygiene products. So I can combine two things without extra costs. I would have visited my parents anyway so I could also go and buy some stuff there.
So the first step is to combine things, expecially whene you have extra cost to get there. If I need to go to Zuerich for example I would try to meet up with some friends too. So I could do the stuff I have to do and then see some friends.
Also first I thought I can't go out so much anymore and do stuff with friends. But then I realized I can organise small events who you don't have to spend an amount directly from hell to have fun. For instend in summer you could meet up at the lack or a river instead of the swimming pool. In spring/autumn you could do a movie night or thinker something. In winter you could bake some cookies ect.
What also helped me a lot so I don't have to pay so much to the public transport is a combie abo for people under 25. So I only have to pay half of the price and after 19.00 I can get on the train for free. In switzerland it is called Gleis7/Halbtax and costs about 300 CHF. What I wanted to say if you use a lot of public transport watch out for abos and combie abos and callculate whitch one is the best for you.
I also tried to change my nourishment not only because I have to look one how much money I spend on it but also for a more balanced one.
So I will share some tipps and reciept with you that aren't expensive but well balanced and delicious :)
Well I guess that's enought explanation for this project ^^ Hope you stay tuned :D
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