How I did it: First I listed all my fixed expenses like telephone, internet, sat TV/Cable, cellphone.  The I cut out or reduced any plans that I could.  For example, my telephone bill was $65 using the Verizon Freedom Plan.  I realized that I didn't make as many phone calls out of state or international, so I reduced that plan down to the bare min.  Now I pay $15 a month.  My internet is provided through my cable service, so I stripped out my cable package and got internet only.  That reduced my cable bill to $50 from $90.  I just disconnected DirectTV altogether which took me to $0 from $80.  I then changed my cell plan to Tmobile's My Favs.  This allows you to add 5 most frequently called numbers to you Favs list which gives you unlimited mins with them.  Doing this for my most called friends and family members dropped my cell bill to $40 from $90. 

So just looking at my fixed expenses alone, I went from spending $325 to $105.

Oct 26, 2008, 09:52PM PDT | 1 comment | 7 cheers