I agree with you, but you can’t do it for everything.
I see so many people just throwing money away it’s crazy.
Like you said, cooking for yourself and your family. Don’t eat out. Bring packed lunches to work. My family might get fast food once or twice a month max, the rest is all from the grocery store. Eating out is stupid expensive now.
When it comes to your cars. Learn to change your own oil, battery, and air filter. Dealers and repair shops charge stupid prices for this stuff and it’s easy enough to do that you can do it in 15-30 minutes yourself. Remember to properly dispose of your fluids.
Learn to fix your own tech, tech jobs pay a lot which means that you as the customer will pay a lot to get your shit fixed.
Learn how to fix simple plumbing in your house, repair drywall, install/repair simple electrical stuff. When I see people in my local area paying handymen $500 to install a ceiling fan (not the electrical part like running wires, just hanging the damn thing), I about lose it.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I actively enjoy cooking, but it’s shocking and shameful how little a classic education does for one of the most fundamental aspects of living your life. Home ec should be a mandatory class because every single one of us needs to eat and should be able to provide a solid meal for ourselves. I don’t put the fault on any individual person for not knowing, but it is a skill that EVERYONE should foster.
Check in to the American test kitchen YouTube for all sorts of advice, or go to the library and check out their extensive catalog. You’d be suprised how easy obtainable restaurant quality food is from your own kitchen.
kalpol@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This book absolutely changed my life, especially after I learned some of the easy shortcuts you can take to save time.
www.amazon.com/…/1933615419
Absolutely changed my life, I’m not even joking.