There are so many suggestions out there in the big world on how to save money. During this grad school season of life, living on our budget pretty much means we only buy the essentials (food, rent, electricity, grad school bills...you get the picture), so it makes spending unnecessary money a bit easier--because there's nothing left to spend on unnecessary purchases. We could pile up all kinds of bills onto our credit card, but have decided to stay away from that because debt isn't healthy. Anyway, I'm going to start a series on how we survive quite well on our limited budget.
Today's topic: TV/cable.
Whenever I get asked about having seen something on TV, the conversation generally goes like this:
"Well, we actually don't have a TV or cable."
I get two one of two answers in return.
"What??!! You don't have cable? How do you survive?"
or
"That's probably a good thing. Don't get hooked. There's nothing really worth watching and it's way too expensive."
We survive quite well, thank you very much. I agree with the second statement. We do currently have Netflix. With tons of shows at our fingertips and at $8 a month, we decided this was something we could handle as our entertainment source. And as far as keeping up with the news and weather reports, that what weather and news apps are for, right?
Today's topic: TV/cable.
Whenever I get asked about having seen something on TV, the conversation generally goes like this:
"Well, we actually don't have a TV or cable."
I get two one of two answers in return.
"What??!! You don't have cable? How do you survive?"
or
"That's probably a good thing. Don't get hooked. There's nothing really worth watching and it's way too expensive."
We survive quite well, thank you very much. I agree with the second statement. We do currently have Netflix. With tons of shows at our fingertips and at $8 a month, we decided this was something we could handle as our entertainment source. And as far as keeping up with the news and weather reports, that what weather and news apps are for, right?