Going Green for Green

Something we are all going to have to start soon, if you haven’t already is managing our personal finances. You’re going to have to start paying pills, keeping track of your income and your spending. This all sounds like a bit of a hassle, which it is, but there are ways to make it easier and help the environment at the same time.

First, switch to online banking and receive e-statements and keep track of your money online. Not only is this easier than driving to the bank or calling and more organized but it saves the lengthy paper statements they send you frequently. Next, sign up for electronic billing for all your credit cards. You get your statements online and can see pretty much everything that goes on so you can more easily prevent fraud and manage your spending. Again, this makes your life easier and saves tons of paper in the process. You can also tell your phone company to switch to online billing. This is one of the most important things to switch, I mean who really needs 100+ pages listing all texts and calls you made or received in a month when you could get them online? Lastly, if you have a job and need to keep track of your job spending then keep track online and tell the cashier you don’t need a receipt and save the paper.

It may be tough to find ideas for going green that truly make your life much easier but this is definitely one of them. Ask for electronic everything when you sign up and stop the waste before it starts.

-James