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How To Live Well In a Low Income — 6 Tips To Make Your Money To Work For You
You don’t need to be a millionaire to have a good life
One of my missions in life is to help people with a low income to live better lives. I am someone with a low income, and I am trying every day to make my life a little bit better, without depending so much on money.
In 2020, I was unemployed and on benefits. I was broke, but I knew if I wanted to keep living in the UK on my terms, I needed to learn how to manage my money to make it work for me.
In 2019, I wasted so much money. I had a full-time job making £28,000 per year and I had a freelance writing gig that used to pay around £500 per month. I was making more or less £2,300 after taxes per month, and most of my money went on food, Uber, buying random stuff, alcohol and cigarettes, and dating. I also didn’t have a saving goal for the year, which was my biggest mistake.
ALWAYS HAVE A SAVING GOAL FOR THE YEAR, then you know how much money you can spend per month to be able to achieve this number.
These two completely different years of my life shaped who I am today. You can stop reading this article here because the most important thing you need to know about money is to save…
