5 Ways to Save Money as a Bachelor

We've all been there. Single, broke, and trying to save every penny we can. And it sucks. Rent is rising all over the world, Starbucks is continually tempting us with pumpkinny sweetness that we can't help but buy, and there are more app subscriptions slapping us in the face every day with their amazing services.

But you can fight the desire to spend with a few simple tricks. Do this for a while, and before you know it you'll have saved up enough to rent a 10 square foot cardboard box in downtown New York in no time!

Tip #1. Stop buying toilet paper

Even if you can manage to find toilet paper in this day and age with maniacs hoarding it left and right, it's still not cheap. Well, not cheap enough to ignore while you're being frugal, anyway.

That's why places like 7-Eleven and McDonald's are godsends. Not only are their products scraping the bottom of the barrel in quality and price, but they never seem to place a limit on their tissue boxes.

And you can use that loophole to line your pockets; with cash!

Tip #2. Only ever buy 1 coffee

I'm sure you're used to downing 2, 3, or 40 coffees during most days of the week. And that's okay. Life is hard and getting 8 hours of sleep every night is seemingly impossible. But here's how you can drastically reduce your coffee budget and add back to your bank account.

But first, just in case you don't think coffee is really that big of a deal, just do some simple math with me.

1 coffee costs $2.50 at most places.

3 coffees costs $7.50.

21 coffees a week costs $52.50.

1,092 coffees per year costs $2,730!

I don't know about you, but having an extra $2,000+ in my pocket every year can buy a lot of useful stuff.

So, the hack? It's easy! Only ever buy one coffee, then slowly refill it with water (or alcohol if your job sucks) throughout the day!

That way, you'll consume less stressful caffeine, save a lot of money, and still fool your brain into thinking its getting the coffee that it so desperately doesn't need.

Tip #3. Abuse your local gym

I'm not sure if you've found the time or room in your budget to join a gym yet. If not, you really should. Of course, there are amazing benefits to your health from engaging in cardio and weight lifting. There's also the view of rippled bodies of whatever gender you prefer looking at while saving money. But there are a few extra awesome benefits too!

And while this is the only tip in this list that involves actually spending more money than normal (if you aren't already a member), I'll explain why that's good in a second.

Think about it for a moment. Gyms have a lot of what we need every day.

Exercise equipment. Water fountains. Human contact. Showers. Change rooms. Mirrors.

These are all beneficial to the human experience!

But if you use a few of those things, or rather, abuse, they can actually end up saving you a lot of money in the long haul.

Stop showering at home, go to the gym every morning instead. Bam!

Stop buying bottled water, fill up a big one at the gym every day instead. Bam again!

Stop using soap at home, collect it at the gym instead. Bam bam bam!

And all for the low price of a monthly membership.

You really don't need to go to one of those super swanky gyms either. Those, while often being pretentious, also cost an arm and a leg. Literally, in some cases of over abuse of steroids, I'm sure.

But many cities around the world often have very cheap alternatives. The back-alley crap gym where only lug-heads go to lift. Some city governments have public-sponsored ones. YMCAs are also famous for having a lot of facilities, cheap prices, and religious overtones if you don't mind that.

But earphones exist for a reason if that's a concern.

Takeaway

Using simple cheap tricks like this can add up to literally thousands of dollars a year in savings. Who needs a minimum wage hike when hacks like this exist in the world?!

Stay tuned for more expert tips just like this and find yourself climbing the ranks out of super poverty to poverty in no time!