Cost Of Living John on 18 Feb 2009 01:24 pm
Reduce Your Monthly Outgoings By Going Down The Gym
In the gym yesterday I had a chat to a chap who recognised me having read my other blog, as usual we got chatting about business opportunities and ideas (the topic of my other blog). He’s particularly interested in Internet business ideas that he can start and run from home as he’s not keen on getting a job. While he’s getting started however he’s working hard to reduce his monthly outgoings and the way he decided to do so is interesting.
He’s a gym rat so he’s not prepared to give up his gym membership, instead he’s opted to get the maximum value out of membership. He does so by training first thing every morning and then getting a shower (and presumably shave etc.) in the gym. By doing this he saves on his heating, water and having to heat water at home. He then goes from the gym straight to wherever he’s going to be working that day. As a result he’s out of the house all day - which saves having to go to the expense of heating it to a comfortable level.
He’s also been quite active in reducing his cost of living in other ways too. At the moment he needs some work doing to his car so he’s arranged to work in the garage to help out in return for the labour on his car - thereby reducing his costs.
An interesting approach to reducing his cost of living by squeezing every bit of value possible from his gym membership, but would it work for you?
on 18 Feb 2009 at 2:01 pm 1.Tristan said …
I’m the same with the gym, most days my shower is done down the gym as I tend to train in the morning. I rarely shave down the gym though, tending to do that at home of an evening when I am going out, which isn’t too much of a problem as I don’t need to be that well presented each day, being self employed.
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