23 Money-Saving Strategies People Say Helped Them Stop Overspending And Start Saving More
Дата публикации: 27-07-2026 01:16:02
From canceling subscriptions to using AI for meal plans, people are sharing the small changes that helped them save money.View Entire Post ›
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If there is one topic that can unite everyone, it's how expensive everything has gotten lately. From groceries to streaming services to everyday essentials, the rising cost of literally just living has a lot of us looking for ways to stretch our budgets a little further. Sometimes that means getting creative and finding small ways to cut expenses as you go.
Recently, I came across this Reddit thread from a few months ago, where redditor whatsup2382 asked this to people feeling the squeeze: "What are some things you have done lately to save money?"
The thread got hundreds of responses. Below are the top and most often repeated ways people said they started doing recently to save money. I also included a few responses from this thread:
1.
"Bring your lunch to work. Your wallet and blood pressure will thank you."
—DroppinDeuces1987
2.
"I ask myself, 'Do I really need it or just want it?'"
—NicoyaSF415
3.
"Cancel Prime. Stopped so much impulse spending and I don't miss it or notice a difference in my life (except having more money)."
—hankmaka
4.
"Find a hobby that takes up time and is enjoyable. For example, listening to audiobooks while walking in the park. I find it preferable to doomscrolling or going to the movies for $30."
—BestRiver8735
5.
"Not really sure who knows about this. But I have 30% of my paychecks go immediately into my credit union account for savings. I don't even have to transfer it. The other 70% of my direct deposit goes to my checking account for bills, gas, groceries, and the rest is left to have fun. It's money I don't even touch or think about. Just builds up and collects interest."
—LrryFsh_317
6.
"Trader Joe's coffee beans for making cold brew. I've saved so much money by not going to coffee shops."
—Ill_Tomorrow_225
7.
"Cutting cable or just unsubscribing from streaming services might be the push needed to just watch less TV. Replace that time with other, non-screen activities and watch your mental and physical health improve."
—switchfootball
8.
"This isn’t something you can do immediately, but I want to bring it up anyway. For streaming services and cellphone bills, Black Friday deals are so good. We pay $1.99/mo for Hulu, and $2.99/mo for HBO. Next year, when BF rolls around, we will sign up under my husband’s email address. Then the next year back to mine. These are US-specific, but too good not to share."
—Analog_Nomad_56
9.
"Stopped eating fast food."
—jackdho
10.
"I bought a gym membership eight months ago. Thought it was going to be an expensive treat for myself for a couple of months while I couldn't work out outside. Now I spend so much time there, I don't go shopping or eat out the same way I used to when I was bored after work. It has also encouraged me to start biking everywhere and make a ton of other health-conscious decisions. This membership is paying for itself just in time spent, not to mention reduced long-term health costs."
—thisismyaccount60
11.
"I thrift anything I need and only buy new when I absolutely must."
—Euphoric_War_2195
12.
"Switching to store-brand staples at Aldi saved me about $40 a month on groceries alone. It takes a bit of trial and error to find which generics taste the same, but the savings add up quickly."
—belllaaaaaa_2008
13.
"Bundle all car errands (I don't live within walking distance of anything.) No one-stop trips."
—brandy13271
14.
"Tracking what food I have at home. I started using ok2eat to set alerts before things expire, and I throw out less food now."
—NewBookkeeper6107
15.
"I've recently had the time to take a full inventory of the pantry, fridge, and freezer stuff. I throw these lists at Claude, yap at it about what I feel like eating, and make it propose a meal plan for the week. If anything seems too annoying to cook or whatever, I complain, and it fixes it. This works fine with Sonnet on the free plan. It's amazing how much less fresh stuff I waste since I started offloading the mental load of housewifery."
—paratethys
17.
"Take advantage of your library. TONS of free programming from author talks to movie nights, game nights, classes to special events, resources like laptops to borrow, tablets to borrow, free subscriptions to educational online platforms where you can take courses, and of course, books, DVDs, music, free museum tickets, etc."
—notablenewengland
18.
"Get an ad blocker for social media, especially Facebook. Their algorithm really has my number, and I wind up buying useless stuff unless I use the browser that blocks ads."
—toodleoo57
19.
"As we eat to live, not live to eat, we stopped trying new foodstuffs. Now it is just restocking ingredients. Having 40 main entrees is enough to rotate. This also means screw price-comparing, as we already know it is going to go up."
—cwsjr2323
20.
"I started doing my own nails at home a few years ago. There are tons of YouTube videos about it. It's easy."
—Such-Mountain-6316
21.
"We bought a small chest-type freezer and keep it full of things that I buy on sale. I watch the weekly flyers, and when they list chicken for 99 cents, I buy several. Also ham at Christmas and turkey at Thanksgiving. It adds up."
—CuriousCatte
22.
"One way to curb that is to hold off for just 24 hours. Like you wanna buy something on Amazon, put it in the cart, but don't order it for 24 hours. Studies show that 2/3rds of items don't get purchased when you add that simple pause. This is from 'rational you' vs. 'dopamine you.' Once that rush is gone, you find you don't need most things."
—Gr8NonSequitur
23.
And lastly, "Sign up for a bunch of retailers' newsletters with a throwaway email account. Check it weekly by searching for 'discount,' '% off,' 'sale,' etc."
—Karnezar
You can read the original threads here and here on Reddit.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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