I am not purchasing any lunches out during the work week this year.
So far so good
I pack a lunch every morning, and am finding it is a good excuse to eat healthier.
I can only eat what I bring so I make sure I bring veggies and fruits as sides instead of chippy things.
I need to do better about planning healthier dinners and following though.
I seem to be totally spent by the time I get home and we usually just make sandwiches or pull something out of the freezer that I made on the weekend.
We have never had cable/satellite and I never felt it was a "sacrifice" until recently.
There is just so much trash on tv these days...
If not for the free retro tv station we would have nothing to watch.
We have plain cell phones. (no camera and I can say I am definitely smarter than my phone
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The last time I recharged my phone was around Thanksgiving.
I only turn it on when I need to call someone, then turn it off again, which saves energy.
Saving energy is a fringe benefit, not the purpose- I just do not care to be constantly in contact with everyone I know.
Nothing I have to say is so interesting that I cannot wait until I am off work and at home to say it.
I am not tempted to phone or text while driving because my phone is not even turned on.
We try to keep our electric bill low but simply turning out lights when we leave a room, etc.
Never thought that amounted to much but when our bill is "high" we pay less than $200 a month (and that with some electric heating and two outdoor heat lamps in the barn turned on at night for outdoor animals).
We both work full time so when we leave the house we turn down the heat to 60 F. That saves heating oil which is expensive right now.
Not really a sacrifice, though, since we are not at home to notice the change in temperature.
Our non-guilty pleasure we will not sacrifice: lunch out with our grown son after church each week.