Turn off cell phone, avoiding the temptation going out and spend money

I too have had to make some changes but I have not shut off my phone. I often wonder if an emergency may arise and no one can get a hold of me. I do not have a house phone so it would be the only means of communication. I guess you can simply let you friends know that for a while you are sorry but you are unable to go out for a while. Surely if they are good friends they will understand. Perhaps some can come over by you from time to time and hang out.

if you turn off your phone what if emergency could happen along while your phone is down? what if your friends won't call to ask you to hangout and instead they are calling because they need you something wrong happen or they've got problems and needed someone to talk to, if you don't like to spend money this weekend then you can simply say i'm busy to your friends or be true to them besides they are your friends i'm sure they will understand you if you say that sorry i don't have extra money to spend this weekend

How about just being honest? "I just want to stay home and watch television; saving money and pay off my debt ..." You don't have to go into details but if your friends call, tell them, "I don't feel like going out tonight... I'm just gonna stay home & watch tv... If you wanna come on over & hang out, you're more than welcome to... But I'll be staying in tonight..." Or something to that line... Honesty usually works...

Just simply not answer any phone calls from friends but indeed leave your phone open just in case an emergency really comes up. I simply do not answers calls from people I know would ask me out to hangout. But sometimes what I would do is tell them exactly why I do not want to go out. If in case it is just for friends to get some advices or would just like to vent out then I would tell them I will just eat at home and meet them close to home so I wont have to pay much to meet up. But of course most of the time I would just ask them to chat with me online to save time and energy from meeting up.

hi, sometimes we need to ignore our friends invitation for hang out or going somewhere to avoid spending of money,because of everything going hike the prices, we need to to be a frugal sometimes.

You can still turn on your cellphone. But do not reply those non-sense text messages. Just reply those very important matters.

I think that is great of you to do that. Very smart too. I'd even go as far as to cancel the cell phone! But then again, I hate them so that'd be no big deal for me to do! Being at home by yourself is not so bad either! But, maybe make a "stay at home night" and have everyone come to your house and each bring a snack and watch your fav movie or play cards of something. I know all about this as I grew up in the 60's when people did this all the time!!! Family night is was called. Board games galore and tons of fun. Kudos to you for realizing your need to budget!

We all have to do this from time to time and no one can really blame you for going ahead and turning your phone off after work so that people won't bother you. Gas Prices are so high right now that you're spending an arm and a leg just to get to work and back.

I love to go out with my friends, but like you I usually end up spending too much money. If one of my friends calls and I want to save my money instead of going out, I usually just tell them the truth and say that I prefer to stay at home because I have been spending too much money. They accept that and sometimes we decide to meet at home instead. We drink coffee, eat sandwiches and watch dvds. I have a lot of extra bills at the moment and I can't spend a lot of money in town, so I have to say no even though it is tempting to go out.

What makes me want to go out is not people calling me to hang out but when I have money in my wallet. When I have extra money - meaning money that is not for food, I tend to have temptation to go out because I could spend...

Thats a good decision and I would appreciate it. But I would suggest to have your mobile on. So you wont miss any emergency calls. Rest is fine. So you are into a disciplined self made target. Keep it up!

I cannot turn off cell phone as have my old mother living in a different island than me, also my brothers. I am afraid if they cannot reach me in case of emergency. I'll just say the truth that I don't have money to hang out and that it would be on whoever call expense.

I don't think think I have to turn off my phone in order to discipline myself and stay at home,I just do it,and my friends already know that they won't be able to make me get out in week days,so they don't call me anymore.I think it's normal to stay at home and save money in this period of crisis which doesn't seem to be over very soon.Luckily there's television and there's also the internet,so I don't get bored at home.I just go out in weekends from time to time,because I need to change the view from time to time,and that's all.

You stay at home or closed cell phone is not good idea .If you can .I suggest that you still want to try out for a few fragmentary more work.. or part-time . To support your household. Hope my idea can bring you some luck