By Dr Alick Banda
There is news of the new fuel prices; It is undebatable that this makes living expensive whether you drive or not. The likely thing is that the nation is now gripped with lamentations about this situation. That is expected but provides no solution to the reality.
Here are four tips on how to cope with fuel hike whether you drive or not:-
1. Reduce your expenses by avoiding unnecessary driving.
Those who live in the same neighborhood and take children
to the same schools create a duty rota for school runs.
2. Reduce your food budget by not buying what you can
produce. Backyard gardens are becoming a necessity. Plant
maize for your mealie meal.
3. Ensure you have more than one source of income
through investing in some business. Think fish farming,
poultry production, value addition.
4. Make sure your dependents are dependable. You have a
responsibility to ensure the adults in your home are
economically useful. You don't need a maid if you have
grown up daughters or an unemployed wife or husband. Let
your husband or wife sweep the house, wash clothes and
cook as there contribution to home management.
The situation is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
Do not be a candidate for permanent poverty by refusing to
act wisely. Everyone in your home must win bread otherwise
the breadwinner will die before his or her time due to
pressure. Go to work now.
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