31 Days to Radically Reduce Your Expenses: Less Stress. More Savings. Paperback – March 26, 2016

When I got married, I developed a new fascination with budgeting. I've long used EveryDollar to track expenses and my mother has passed down her budget savvy to me, but I didn't know a whole lot about reducing everyday expenses. Enter Creative Savings, a blog run by Kalyn Brooke that invites you to take advantage of her life-organizing tips. Recently Kalyn broadened her focus on Creative Savings to more than just saving money; she's now committed to also guiding you to save in other areas of your life. She's a big fan of bullet journaling, for instance, and simplifying your homemaking systems.But what first drew me to her book 31 Days to Radically Reduce Your Expenses was the motivation to take control of every area of my household budget--even the bills that seem to stay out of my control.In Reduce Your Expenses, Kalyn provides insight into how to save on entertainment costs (cut cable, anyone?) and never miss your favorite shows or movie releases. She gives tips on how to negotiate and lower your internet bill. I've never used the bookmark feature on my Kindle app so much in my whole life (I am still working my way through all my bookmarks and trimming my budget as I go!).One of my favorite parts about purchasing her book is the fact that with upon purchasing Reduce Your Expenses, you receive exclusive access to a wealth of printables that are now helping me keep track of what I previously tried to account for with brain space. But let's face it: I don't have enough brain cells to devote to recording medical expenses so that tax time is smoother--and I couldn't tell you the last time I rotated my tires. But I have a printable for that now!If you're seeking a way to take every line item in your budget and trim, trim, trim, may I suggest Reduce Your Expenses by Kalyn Brooke? While you're at it, check out Creative Savings, too. If you only add Reduce Your Expenses to your Amazon wishlist for later, you can glean a lot of information on budget (and life!) organization right on her blog.

I am such a fan of Kalyn Brooke, I was actually part of her pre-launch test group, for which I was so grateful. Kalyn is both personable and encouraging, without being fake, and her writing really reflects that. If you have the opportunity to read this book, it is highly recommended by me. Even if you only can use one or two of the tips offered...you'll know your money was very well spent. With wedding season now upon is, this would also make a wonderful gift for a bride and groom, who are just starting out, in helping them to nip the budget problem before it gets out of control. As a middle-life married couple, my husband and I have struggled with debt, ourselves. Kalyn's book gave me the confidence I needed to approach my college loans, and other outstanding debt, and begin to tackle it, even though we live on a very modest fixed income. I am humbled and pleased to report that my $15,000 student loan, that I had been carrying for seven years is no longer an issue.

Kalyn Brooke is a blogging acquaintance of mine who shares helpful and fun ways to creatively save money. So I was excited to pick up her book when it came out this past spring! Being in a weird place financially, however, I wasn’t sure how much would actually be relevant for me (I almost never find much I can apply from even the best financial-savings books, just because of what life is like for us right now). However, I was pleasantly surprised by this book! Kalyn offers well-researched ideas and plenty of creative suggestions for cutting costs across the board — from energy costs to groceries, entertainment, phone bills, and even auto care. There’s definitely something in this book for everyone, no matter what season of life you’re in.

This book does have a lot of information to save money however I feel like most of the information is common. I didn’t find anything that I didn’t already know about or have done. I plan to pass this on to new homeowners or young adults who are just getting out on their own.

This book guides the reader through every possibility I can think of to trim costs. If one reads many of this type of genre, nothing is really that new, but I found myself agreeing with everything. I found I have a similar style of what I am willing to sacrifice and what I will not.

I got absolutely nothing from this book which featured such gems as "call your insurance company and try to get a better deal" - stuff that anyone trying to live frugally has already read about and done over and over again. I really feel like I'd have done better to save my cash and just read a few blog posts online for free.I justified this purchase saying to myself that if even one tip saved me the cover price of the book then I would have done well. But unfortunately I not only am out the money for the book but also the time it took to read this set of overly simple, rehashed tips that everyone has already seen and thought of before.I guess if you are brand new to frugal living and it's never occurred to you to do an analysis of your spending, then you'll find some fat to trim. But I found nothing innovative here. I am only sad that I used up my no-rush shipping promotional credits to buy this as it means I can't return it for my money back - the promo credits don't get refunded upon return.

I am a frugal person and have been for years. I even managed a popular deal website for 6 years teaching people how to save money. However, this book contained numerous practical ways to reduce costs of real life expenses that I had never even thought of. I highly recommend this book to anyone needing to reduce expenses and even to people who think they've already cut expenses as much as possible. I'm betting this book will uncover new opportunities to save for just about everyone.

One of my favorite things about this book is just how easy it is to read and apply the money saving strategies the author has outlined. The book covers every area of spending you can think of. I've been looking for simple ways to save more each month so I can reach some of my savings goals and I actually got some new ideas from this book. I'm also loving the free printable resources that I got to go along with it.

Very thoroughly researched and written, enjoyable to read as a whole, and easy to refer back to (using Kindle to search). Demonstrates clearly that there are ways to keep control of your finances even in difficult times. The personal examples and observations made it seem like the author was speaking with me in person. Pros and Cons of each idea were presented and discussed. Should be on everyone's reading list. This publication was my first experience with Kindle, and both the subject matter and the reading format married perfectly.

Very helpful and easy to follow:)