self reliance 5 - save money
Sometimes i think the things we do routinely are just common sense,not very weird or what not. Then i had my daughter in law/son move in with us for a bit.Dont get me wrong,shes a nice, normal girl.But she originally came from a wealthy family who has always been able to buy what ever they wanted.until they lost everything-they didnt even know how to begin to cope.weve taught her how to save $$$ and still get things you need/want.some ideas:1)cut/ color your own hair. its not hard, look up"brad mondo"videos,and just learn how.buy some clippers-you can save a ton of money.dont be stupid about it,dont process your hair more than once in 3 months.2)dont buy retail.my boys got this hilarious reputation that we were "rich"because they each have this collection of about a dozen cool leather jackets that they wear.every single one of them was bought at a thrift store, for less than ten bucks.their whole collection was bought for the retail cost of 1 jacket.