I don’t know about you, but we are paying a lot of money for gas these days and any increase in the cost of gas that we pay at the gas pump hurts our wallet and overall finances!
You’re probably wondering how high will the price of gas continue to increase and when will we see the prices come back down if at all? Well, who really knows what the answer will be to this question. In the meantime, we should prepare ourselves for either way the price goes.
We can work on preparing ourselves to be in the survival mode if the gas prices continue to increase. We’ve seen gas prices that are steadily approaching the $5.00 mark and in some places this is already a reality. It appears that the future outlooks on gas prices are that the prices continue to be unstable and volatile.
We are very much aware that the price of gas is easily manipulated by whatever is going on in the marketplace. The price of gas can easily go up and slowly come down and back up again in these uncertain economic times.
High gas prices impact almost everything we try to do in some form. That’s right, most everything we do we are impacted by the high price we are paying for gas. The higher gas prices eventually trickle down to cost us more in food, clothing, airfare, utilities, entertainment and many other areas.
Just think, we are getting hit left and right with increased fees in these areas due to the high price that we are paying for gas and it appears that this trend will continue for a long period of time.
What can we do to help ourselves in these hard times while we’re trying to deal with our anxiety and sometimes anger over the high prices we are paying for gas? Here are some tips that you may want to consider to help you cope. You may find that you have already started to make some of these adjustments already:
Tip One:
Consider using public transportation if this is something you realistically can do. The modes of public transportation you may consider would be: bus, train and car pooling.
Tip Two:
If you have a bicycle, consider using this mode of transportation for local short trips if this would be realistic of course.
Tip Three:
Go to places that are necessary and actually needed for you to drive your vehicle. In other words, if it is something you want to do and it is not needed, don’t do it. Consider letting your needs supersede your wants to save in your wallet on gas. For example, necessary trips would be: work, school, doctor appointments, etc.... I think you get the picture.
Tip Four:
Reduce your leisure, entertainment and travel commuting distances. Consider doing more of these activities at home or near your home.
Tip Five:
Consider purchasing a vehicle if this is within your budget to assist you in reducing the cost you are paying for your overall fuel costs. Look for vehicles that provide higher mpg(miles per gallon) city and freeway driving.
Tip Six:
Slow down! Reduce your speed on the roadways you travel on. This will also assist you in obtaining better fuel economy. Put less petal to the metal!
Tip Seven:
Try to make your trips to the places you need to go count. Make a list beforehand of the places you need to travel and consider consolidating your trips. This means instead of making several multiple trips you combine trips by going to the places you need to go along the way and your list will assist you with this.
For example, if you need to go to your local grocery store, cleaners and post office, just plan to make one trip instead of three separate trips back and forth from your home.
You would take your list and stop at each place you need to along the way and strategically make sure that you plan your stops based on where these particular places are located. This really can work well if you plan your list ahead of time. Just by doing this you can save money on gas!
Tip Eight:
Try to locate and compare prices of gas stations in your area to determine who has the lowest price on fuel and consider going there for gas. A good way to do this is when you are driving to the places you need to go, just observe the gas station prices along the way and you will be able to determine which locations have the best prices for your money. In addition, you may want to compare gas prices in your local area via the internet.
Tip Nine:
Talk to your relatives, friends, neighbors, coworkers and others on the gas stations they are getting their gas from. You can compare with each other on which gas stations have the lowest prices to get your gas. You would be helping each other by networking information on the price of gas.
Tip Ten:
Make sure your tires are property inflated. This can also assist in providing you with better fuel economy.
So, in order for you to survive the high cost of gas to your wallet you may want to consider using these tips to assist you. These tips may be able to help you through this major problem that is affecting our wallets. So, do what you can to help yourself and your family to reduce the amount of money you may be spending on gas.
