Three Ways to Save

The Live-Work website functions under three major headings, save time, save money and save the planet. Moving your workplace into your home allows you to cut your travel time to work. You simply move from one room to another and avoid those infuriating traffic jams. Of course, this also saves you money on transport costs, which in turn reduces your carbon emissions and helps to save the planet. If you are already thinking about making this shift in your lifestyle, here are three more ways to save further:

1. Save time at the beginning of every day by making a quick list of the most important things you need to do tomorrow. This can be unfinished tasks or new items to address, but simply writing them down will save you time each morning as you will know precisely where to begin. From another perspective, this is also good for helping you to separate work and home life, which can be difficult when they inhabit the same space. Making your list will mark the end of the working day. You will know exactly where you left off when you come back the next day and therefore you can free your mind of it, rejoin your family and your personal life and get a good night’s sleep.

2. Saving money is not always so easy. However, a good way to start is by researching the right bank accounts. Try Santander’s website, and check their rates on bank accounts. That said, the market is always changing and it usually pays to keep your finger on the pulse. Once you’ve found a savings account that gives you a worthwhile rate of interest, try to set a monthly target to meet each month. You’ll soon see your savings begin to grow.

3. Save the planet by deciding to make one major, environmentally friendly change to your lifestyle. This could be installing a solar panel energy system or making your next car a hybrid model. Or alternatively, it could be a pledge to always buy energy saving light bulbs or to be more vigilant about your paper recycling. Once you’ve integrated one change into your lifestyle you will be able to reassess in a few months and make another. We all have our parts to play in the protection of the environment but no one ever became an eco warrior overnight, so take it step by step and strive towards an increasingly environmentally friendly existence.