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How I saved $5,000 a year
– moneysense.ca
Amrita, Singh, 42, TorontoSometimes a brief moment in your life can change you forever. That moment happened for me in 1998. I’d been trying to make a living as a freelance video producer and had accumulated $8,000 in debt. I felt horrible and, struggling for a way out, found myself at the bank negotiating the consolidation of my personal debt into a single line of credit.
This was the moment I vowed to change my ways. So I set out to cut expenses and adopt a do-it-yourselfer attitude. The result? I cut $5,000 from my annual expenses without making a dent in my lifestyle.
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I wasn’t raised with poor money habits. My parents immigrated to Canada from India in the 1950s, with very little money in their pockets. They made every dollar count. My dad always had a full closet of good shoes, which he’d continually maintain, keeping them polished and repaired…
