COVID has cut down my unwanted expenses
Today I had to pay my Broadband bill. While paying the bill I realized that I did not take out my credit card or spend any money in the past 20 days on anything. I'm just staying inside the house doing no other expenses. I guess the COVID situation has made me cut down my expenses. I'm sure if this was not the situation, I would have ended up spending lots of money or at least a minimum that I regularly spend every month. This has also though many people that we can even live without doing such unwanted expenses every month. To be honest I'm not a big unnecessary spender but I myself feel that I have been able to cut down my unnecessary spending this month.
The traveling expense is something that I cannot resist. I have to travel to my office every day and for which I would have filled fuel. I now don't remember when was the last time I filled fuel for my bike. That is one major expense that I don't have to do now because there is a serious restriction on traveling. We have been working from home for the past 20 days and additionally, there is a strict ban from going outside the house. I should say that this has saved me lots of fuel so there is a cut down at my expense.
The next thing is the food expense. Now as we are in the lockdown, we don't have to spend too much on food. Before lockdown or during the normal days, it is quite natural that we go out with friends to restaurants and shopping malls to make purchases and have dinner and snacks outside. For the past two months, there have been no such expenses from my side. That has also saved me lots of bucks.
I feel very sorry for small business people who have their shops on the roadside and are dependent day to day on selling some small things. They don't have another source of income and their income is dependent on the crowd they see in front of bus stops and railway stations. As the trains and buses are not operating right now, they are the ones who are affected the most. So just considering their suffering, I have to definitely say that I'm not affected at all by this lockdown.
I hope all this settles down as soon as possible and people who are on daily wages get their routine resumed. This has already affected them so much. I'm sure the small compensations given by the government will not be able to help them so much. If you are with a stable income and if you also get an opportunity to help someone please go for it. Some of my friends like @sathyasankar are in a tough situation right now where they don't get any pay during this lockdown period. They somehow manage only with their existing savings.
yes you are absolutely right big brother, this lockdown have saved a lots of money but its very bad for the small business mans. its very hard for them to live in this kind of situations.😑
hope this will end soon.
Yes I can't even imagine how roadside shop holders manage their day to day expenses.
ya its been very tough days for those 😑 but government is providing them food and shelters as much as they xan provide and many NGO's are working on it.
Hope this all will end soon 🤞
Yes the amenities that government is providing is not enough to be honest. The solution will be only after all this settles down.
yes in news I have seen many peoples are angry with the government cause they don't want same food daily, I my opinion they should be delightful and respect for all the wokers they are woking so hard for them. They should be thnakful they have something to eat 🤔😑
This lockdown has bad sides as well as good sides. For people like you who can get their wages by just working from home is far different from those who had to work for a single day and buy something to eat for dinner.
So according to me, a person who can manage his livelihood during this lockdown should help the other person who cannot do anything to get food for family.
Yes well said. I also feel the same. People with regular source of income should take care of the other.
I think this is where we have to think that we can live with very little money and we spend mainly on luxury. The cost of living is not much, we have increased it just for our luxury.
Yes this will be a good opportunity to identify our sophisticated spendings and cut down on that.
I think once the lockdown gets over or if the pandemic is over, people will come back to their old habits of spending. For me travelling is one of them, I am ok to spend money on travel because that gives me the pleasure.
Yes travelling is definitely a good habit. But imagine people who have alcohol as their daily habit. Now that alcohol is not available most likely people will get back to their habits after the lockdown is over.
Reading this post made me realize that I need to write one of my own as well.
There are many people who are suffering because of the lockdown and I also hope that this settles soon so that no person goes to bed with an empty stomach.
Yes I also feel very sad about it. There are definitely people out there sleeping with empty stomach every day without a daily wage somewhere. It is just that our media is not covering it up. Additionally, for example imagine the life of ola and uber drivers who have to pay their monthly EMI and do their daily living.
COVID-19 has rather increased expenses on my end. Savings is going really down.
Why do you say that? Yes it is true that some people are just living with their savings without any source of income.
TY for sharing. I have been able to cut down on two of my major expenses - travel and food too. In some ways, my life has become less stressful and simpler with the pandemic. I don't suffer for decision fatigue anymore and have the energy to explore new things (like esteem - this is my first comment!). But I know that I'm extremely fortunate to be able to WFH and I like some of the people who also commented below, feel like I need to do my best to try to help small businesses and others who are struggling. I feel an immense amount of guilt - Donations or sewing masks doesn't feel like enough!
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Yes I agree that people like us are fortunate to be able to work from home. I really feel sorry for people who are daily wage workers and those who cannot do anything during this lock down. Humans are social beings and only with social interactions people make money. And, not everyone interact with the help of technology like us by working from home. There are field workers who are highly affected because of this. Hope this gets resolved soon. Thanks for the comments.
Friend @bala41288, there are some "good" things we can rescue from this situation, and reducing unnecessary expenses is one of them, congratulations because you can save yourself something.
Yes. I'm planning to takeaway some good things from this and try to sustain my spending this way even after situation becomes normal again. Thanks for the comments.