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\"Finally<\/div>\n

Finally Learned To Stop Bleeding Money<\/a> In Retirement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTurn off the lights.\u201d \u201cWhy would you go out and spend money for coffee?\u201d I grew up middle-class in the 1950s with a litany of lines like that from my Depression-era mother. Usually, I didn\u2019t listen to them. But now that I\u2019m 70 and figuring out ways to budget in retirement in San Francisco, I\u2019m taking my mom\u2019s advice to heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But my retired husband Jim, who\u2019s 76, and I have realized we needed to stop bleeding money. So, we\u2019re getting better at it. And you might want to try some of our\u00a0money-saving techniques<\/a>, too, if you\u2019re retired or will be soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Finally<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before retiring, I was a community college professor and Jim was director of a senior center. We\u2019re now bringing in about half our salaries, from my pension, his Social Security, money I earn from teaching and writing and from renting out our home as an Airbnb<\/a>. We still have a mortgage and a home equity line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving an Extra $500 a Month<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019d been growing tired of renting out the house so much and moving to relatives\u2019 and friends\u2019 homes to make room for our Airbnb guests,\u00a0though. So, five months ago, we decided to Airbnb less and save more. We\u2019re now saving an extra $500 a month \u2014 a significant amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do it? Mostly through jam-jar economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s an old term, referring to putting into a jar for jam the cash that we can spend each week. Instead of a jar, Jim and I use a drawer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I know exactly what the bills will be for that month, I divide up the remainder into four weeks and take out cash each week and place it in the drawer. Jim and I might want to go to a restaurant or a movie one night, but if we\u2019ve used up our stash, we know we can\u2019t. Interestingly, we haven\u2019t felt deprived. Our goal is to not have credit card debt and the drawer helps enormously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more: https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nextavenue\/2020\/01\/26\/how-i-finally-learned-to-stop-bleeding-money-in-retirement\/#5c55771633fb<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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