About one-fifth of the world’s population is in the same purgatory-like state of lockdown, recent figures have reported. And while our collective mental health, along with the economy, are both approaching one of the most dramatic downturns in recent history, it feels like there could be some silver lining — right?
For many, this pandemic has put a pause on the kind of spending that eats up a larger-than-we-care-to-admit part of our income: eating out at restaurants, late nights out, and travel.
It’s enough to make quite a few Twitter users realise just how much money they're saving. (Hint: it’s a lot.)
Good thing about this lockdown is that I saved a lot of money 🥺♥️♥️
— LINGO LINGO (@Siwe_Vappie) April 8, 2020
I realised that I saved an absolute fortune in this lockdown from not eating takeaways/restaurants. It has allowed me to re-evaluate where I spend my money on, mostly eating from outside. I hope once this all ends, I'm able to resist getting back to eating out.#SilverLining
— Zaki Ahmed (@Gunnerzak) April 4, 2020
Paid off my credit card debt with money saved during lockdown 🥳
— chlo ✌🏻 STAY HOME (@chloehenryx) April 1, 2020
Y’all the amount of money I saved since lockdown is mad. Literally already saved about 90% of the money I planned to spend on traveling. If by December we’re still in quarantine I’m gonna fight anyone I see outside.
— hana💥 (@itsaplatesworld) April 7, 2020
Corona has shown me that I’m a reckless spender... I’ve saved so much money since this whole lockdown
— M A R I A N (@MAGSMARIAN) April 3, 2020
Amount of money I’ve saved since lockdown is mad 🤣 99% of it really does just go on food
— @jasmine (@jazchavins) April 1, 2020
Do you pay enough attention to where your money goes every month? Talk to Cleo, and you can see exactly where you can (and should!) cut back. Plus, she roasts you. No, seriously.
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