The Spend Less Handbook - 365 Tips For A Better Quality Of Life While Actually Spending Less即保证生活质量又节省开支的365个诀窍

作者： Rebecca Ash 著

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出版时间： 2008-12-1字数：版次： 1页数： 276印刷时间： 2008/12/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9781906465148包装： 平装内容简介

Turn your fortunes around with a year’s worth of money-saving, life-improving tips!

You don’t have to live like a recluse or deny yourself life’s luxuries. By spending less, you really can have more. It’s not just about saving the odd penny when you’re doing your grocery shopping – it’s about rediscovering the truly valuable things in life. Discover the power of less and create more time in your life to find the kind of happiness that money just can’t buy.

From simple tactics such as never shopping on an empty stomach, to lesser-known tricks like importing goods to pay for your holiday, every tip will save you between £5 and £50,000.

You will find 365 practical tips in the following areas to help you live on less, spend less, and be far richer and happier for it!

Shopping

Your house and your home

More ways of saving or making money whenever you buy or sell property

Your personal finances and savings

Cut the cost of necessary household expenses

Food and drink

Cutting out unnecessary, excessive expenditure

Kids, schools and universities

Cars and travel

Leisure, pleasure and going on holiday

The kind of happiness that money just can't buy

Creating more time in your life

Your 'job' or your 'work'

Moving overseas

目录

Preface

Introduction

PART 1: THE PROBLEM - OR WHY, DESPITE EARNING A NOT INCONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CASH, MOST OF IT DISAPPEARS ON JUST PAYING FOR THE BASICS

So why does life cost so darn much these days?

The myth of low inflation: Our hyperinflated, hyperbloated lives

Deranged consumerism The pressure to spend, Spend, SPEND

So is all this extra money making us any happier?

We’re all going nowhere - But we’re going there fast

How selfishness and ceaseless consumerism are destroying life

PART 2: THE SOLUTION - 7 RULES TO HELP YOU LIVE BETTER, SPEND LESS AND NEVER LET MONEY RUIN YOUR LIFE AGAIN

So where has this book managed to get us so far

Rule 1: Who said you need lots of money anyway?

Rule 2: Don’t let the power of it’s only £20 excuse ruin, bankrupt or leave you poor forever

Rule 3: Rescue the essential from the clutches of the irrelevant

Rule 4: Don’t go buy new if you can beg, borrow, steal or go without

Rule 5: Cultivate an enjoyment of elegant frugality

Rule 6: Find your own personal financial black holes and weaknesses

Rule 7: Always remember that it is about have more rather than less

PART 3: THE TACTICS - 365 WAYS TO SPEND LESS WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE

Shopping

Your house and your home

More ways of saving or making money whenever you buy or sell property

Your personal finances and savings

Cut the cost of necessary household expenses

Food and drink

Cutting out unnecessary, excessive expenditure

Kids, schools and universities

Cars and travel

Leisure, pleasure and going on holiday

The kind of happiness that money just can’t buy

Creating more time in your life

Your ‘job’ or your ‘work’

Moving overseas

Conclusion