How to be poor?

[DFBrews]

May have to move somewhere that aligns with your views. more than likely very rural and probably not in CO
I don’t know your abilities but manual labor jobs are always available

[FoxtArt]

Mitigation of expenses is the key, and being able to teach yourself skills is the lock. Many of these things you should do even if you are a millionaire. Elimination of revolving expenses is of great assistance -

Car payment: Pay it off or trade for something you won't have a payment on. Keep it maintained. Insurance then becomes liability only, also cutting expenses.

TV: Stop paying for cable or any other service already. Share a netflix login from someone else if needed and subsist off of youtube or whatever. Less is good for you anyway.
**There may be ways to watch new movies etc. for free too, but you're taking money out of the pockets of woke actors and producers, so it's very wong.

Internet: Look at ubiquiti wireless antennas, make a bridge to someone willing to share internet with you.

Restaurants: Stop eating out, cook or eat cheap fast food when time is limited.

Groceries: Kroger >>> Walmart, stock up on "buy 5 or more, get five off" sales in their rotation.

Home improvements, vehicle improvements: Don't pay people. Anything you need to learn you can figure out online in a flash. Have confidence to try EVERYTHING. Embrace the phrase "champagne on a beer budget" and tremendous things can happen. Borrow or lease tools when needed, and find out that harbor freight actually has some decent shit.

**DONT BE MATERIALISTIC
Being a pro at juggling debt can also help a lot.
If it gets really bad, beans, rice, and pasta are stupid cheap. You can actually eat pretty inexpensively at home if you need to, and it's not bad.

Learned long, long ago... I still embrace most of them today.

[Irving]

For home projects, but tools off Craigslist at used prices, use them for project, sell at same prices.

King Soopers and Safeway deli have a 2-piece dark meal for under $4. It's better than fast food and way cheaper.

[gnihcraes]

Burgerking app, super great deals.

2 meals for 8$

2 bacon burger meal for 4$. Various other offers are cheap! Half price usually.

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[FoxtArt]

For home projects, but tools off Craigslist at used prices, use them for project, sell at same prices.

King Soopers and Safeway deli have a 2-piece dark meal for under $4. It's better than fast food and way cheaper.

Good reminder. Now facebook marketplace is starting to become more popular than Craigslist. Casually browse it when in the john or whatever and you can find amazing deals on stuff you need if you're patient.

[bradbn4]

all good ideas; and some I have to remember -
When I go over my budget - for a small amount of time - no big thing - however, if I splurge too much; I cut back pretty much on all things for an extended period to get back into the savings swing.

You can even decide to start cutting your own hair - assuming you don't mind a simple hair cut. Get a Whal's cutter kit, adopt a "guard" for the hair style you want and go from there.

So on sale at CostCo I have seen the delux version run between 19.xx on sale to about 28.00.

Cooking at home versus going out can be a real big money saver.

Simple foods like beans and rice work well to extend food.

I have seen folks go with the solar panel setup; convert their lighting to LED along with fans. A few bought a garage setup; upgraded the construction to 2x6, insulated it, put up sheet rock and lived on spot of land. This style of living is common in the south while the prime house was being built. Now take that garage and put it on a pad, cover the whole thing with a poll shed to keep direct weather off and it was quite livable.

This setup was not that far from what I had lived in when working on the farm when the farm house was being rented. We had a old house that was about 1/2 burned out. We covered it up, and made it safe. No running water, a pump outside to for water for the toilet. For a "bath" we when down to the lake and swam.

[MrPrena]

Most money I ever made easily, was Ebay. Buy stuff cheap from yard sales, thrift stores etc. Sell it on Ebay for whatever the market will bear. I would also sell items for other people for a good percentage. I specialized in military items, uniforms, boots & gear. Hardest part is the shipping. Other venue is Craigslist. Made easy money there, too.

Converted a lot of income to silver bullion. Banks don't pay shit in interest. For the right exchange rate, I would trade all the silver for gold. I heat the house with wood in the winter. Cool it with swamp cooler in the summer. Small house I paid for in cash. The down side is it is a lot of work. Maintain my 1 acre and all the vehicles means I am busy all the time.

same. Reselling is getting more difficult nowadays, but I started by selling my personal items. Then I start selling 5.11 on arbitrage, and sell many safariland holster.

Now I evolve to selling many but mainly sporting goods.

I sell over 8 platforms and 4 are mainly local listings.

[Irving]

Heck, we have members here that only post in the for sale forum.

[DFBrews]

The hints above are good for starting a thought process but scratch the surface.

Figure out the bare minimum your family can live on. If you have children the need for technology and access to the web will be important even if you personally can live without.

When I was at a similar point in life I prioritized in this order.
Mind I was a single male so it will be different for families

Transportation to get to any work I could find. Easier to live in a car than drive a house
Food. High calorie high fat and cheap. I purchased on a meal by meal basis use the grocery store for keeping things fresh
Gym memberships are cheap, offer showers WiFi and climate control
5x10 or 10x10 storage unit. Place to keep stuff like clothes etc clandestine place to sleep during temperate months

With the above I was able to make it work for 600 bucks a month in income.

A huge booster in emotional health was to treat myself once a week to something like a six pack of beer or a happy hour appetizer and soda at a chain restaurant

[Irving]

We've been doing keto out here while working, and it's amazing how little calories I've been able to live off of when it's just fat and protein. A few days I've been around 500 calories all day, and definitely under 1,000. That's doing multiple inspections, carrying around a ladder, walking on roofs, sweating through my clothes 3 times a day, and not having A/C in my car to seek shelter in. Usually I'm ready to punch a nun and pass out from exhaustion by 10am of I haven't eaten. Instead I've been able to feel fine on hot bottled until well after noon. Best part, I haven't spent a dime on food beyond the $100 at the beginning of the week.
I don't know what happens when I run out of fat though.