Because we know that this recession is not ephemeral and will go on for quite a while, it is better that I start saving money for my parents too. I think that the first thing that I will begin to take a temporary moratorium on the chicken sandwiches I buy for lunch. It's not that my parents have abrogated me to buy them; I simply think that I will do them a favor and make my own lunch (and I'm sure my parents will not be implaceable to such a deal). Chicken sandwiches cost $3.50, and an extra $.25 a day for bacon, which I usually almost have. Believe me, it adds up. If I had that for, say, 160 days of school, that comes out to be about $600! And let's not forget, that's only chicken, not calculating the snacks such as pretzels and ice cream that come with it. Instead, I'm going to begin to just make lunches at home. My mom buys cold cuts every week, so if I wake up five minutes earlier every day, I could make a sandwich for myself. Even just getting chicken at school once or twice a week would save a significant amount of money. Hopefully my sandwiches will be at least a little comestible, and I won't die from them.
Second idea: I'll use my bike a little more. Although gas prices are at very low rates right now, and have continued to drop for approximately 29 weeks now, gas is still a hefty price. My school is only about a mile away; when it gets warmer again I'll probably ride to school like many of my friends who also live nearby do. There are also a lot of friends that live nearby and a town that we hang out in a lot that is close too. I could ride there instead of asking for my parents to take me. Although this idea may seem very quixotic to some because of the cold weather in winter, it really is not too bad. There is one laconic solution to this: wear warm clothes. None of these places are more than two miles from my house; a simple five minute drive.
Another thing that I could definitely cut down on is the amount of money I spend on video games and other kinds of games every year. The first reason to this is that video games are not a necessity; they are only something that one chooses to use. I could definitely spend a little less time on those, and a little more on something at least a tiny more productive. Also, my parents deprecate some of the video games that I play, saying that they are too violent and that they are not doing any good for me. I always cryptically respond that I won't use them as much, however after I go downstairs and continue.
One last thing that I can think of right now would be landscaping my house. Now that I moved, I only have a backyard. However, landscapers still came throughout the end of last year to cut the lawn for us. In our new house, we have a lawnmower, and although I am a bit maladroit to use it, it is definitely something I could use. I was not very familiar with it, however, and was very credulous when my friend said it turned itself as I went straight into a fence. However, as soon as i start getting used to how capricious the lawnmower is, as it moves very sharply, I will get the hand of it pretty easily.
These are the many things that I could do to save this family money as we head into the worst of the recession, in which hopefully we will come out of soon. I do not mean to equivocate anyone that the recession will either end soon or not end soon, because nobody knows what will happen. I also apologize for the sudden argot from place to place in this blog, because I have to try to fit in as many words as I can before this assignment ends. I do not speak this colloquially to my peers, however I must write this way in order to receive a decent grade for the assignment. I also hope that you do not find the sudden bounce to bounce in my subjects to be garrulous; I simply think about any subject I want to talk about, and write about it.
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