I believe Summer is the second most expensive season apart from the Christmas Season, especially for families.
Why?
Because it is the time when a lot of people tend to travel to various travel destinations for leisure, because the children have no school and it is a great opportunity for family bonding. Second, because of the burning heat, people would just like to be submerged in cold water or turn on the air conditioner for the whole day if it permits, thus the whopping electric charges. Third, Summer is also the time where you spend for graduations in the month of April and for tuition fees come the month of June.
This should also be time where we find ways to save money and be financially efficient. We should not allow seasons nor anything to control us financially, especially if we are still not financially free.
So how can we save money, eh? Here are some ways you can employ right at you own home.
1. Make your own iced treats.
Of course, everyone would love to have and ice cold treat during summer. But you do not have to buy them every time. I remember making iced candies and lollies or halo halo at home when I was still a kid.
A glass of halo halo costs at least 65PHP when bought in malls. But if you have lots of folks at home, you can just make this treat at home and your 65PHP will go a long way. Or you can make mais con yelo or saba con yelo instead, so it would be much cheaper.
It would be much cheaper if you would just make iced candies and lollies. But I would advise you to make them from natural sources, such as fruits like mango, melon or watermelon which will also provide good nutrition, thus hitting two birds with one stone, right?
2. Share a room with others.
If their are a lot of people in your household, sharing a room with others especially when you are using air conditioner would help you save electricity charges.
One thing we do in our home is also opening all the windows before 10AM, because at 10AM that is the time when heat is starting to catapult. But before 10AM the heat is still tolerable and the cold temperature that is from night time will be preserved.
3. Turn off appliances that are not in use.
This is a general advice actually, but when you have children at home sometime you tend to forget turning off the appliances when you are already chasing after your kids.
Make this a routine and it will help you save money.
4. Make or buy your own swimming pool.
If you can not afford to go to the resort everyday and your children would really love take a water plunge, then make your own pool.
For children below two, you can make use of a large basin. For larger kids you can purchase a larger inflatable pool. But always make sure that your children are supervised.
5. Play outdoors.
You can play outdoors especially before 8AM and after 4 PM. This way your children can have lots of fun in the sun.
You can also play under trees if you live in a place with lots of trees around you. Trees provides a cool breeze which can also help provide coolness to beat the summer heat.
Note: This advice goes out to those who wants to save money and be financially free. If you already are, then maybe you've come to the wrong place.
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