Save that green.
Thanks to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports that went into effect last weekend, the price of everything is inevitably going to increase.
Well, leave it to social media to be the place to turn to when one needs to save a dollar in this economy.
A now-viral TikTok video posted by @allisontalksmoney, asked people to share their most “unhinged” money-saving tips. Specifically, the call to action read: “Give me your most unhinged tips for keeping yourself from spending money.”
“I’m not talking things like ‘keeping a budget’ or ‘waiting 24 hours.’ I’m talking things like ‘I pretend I’m living in a dystopian society and the US dollar is the only currency worth anything and I can’t let anyone else see I have money lest I be attacked and robbed,” the text continued.
Based on that, you can imagine how unorthodox, yet helpful, the tips were in the comment section of this video — which has garnered over three million views.
Here is some of what the thousands of commenters shared.
“If I see something I like (for ex: a t-shirt) for $30. I ask myself: If someone offered me the shirt for free, or $30 cash, which one would I choose? I almost always choose the money,” one person wrote.
“When I get the urge to buy something online — I make a credit card payment,” another person revealed.
“I take pictures of things I want so I can ‘buy it later’ but I have ADHD and never buy it later so it stops me from impulse buying!!!” suggested another commenter.
The helpful advice continued: “I ask myself ‘Will this $20 item turn up in a garage sale for $2 in the future?’”
“I just say to myself ‘you don’t have enough money rn, get it when your next check comes in’ and if I want it that badly I’ll remember it,” chimed in another commenter.
“Lock all your cards, and then you have to unlock them before swiping, and sometimes that’s just too much work,” said what sounds like a former impulsive shopper.
Hopefully, Gen Z is paying attention to these money-saving tips as those born between 1997 and 2012 — are reportedly drowning in personal debt. How much? $94,101 to be exact.
If that wasn’t bad enough, a report conducted by Savings.com revealed that parents were doling out an average of $1,474 a month — about $1,800 for Gen Zers and $900 for millennials every 30 days so they could support themselves in this economy.
