Graduate Students Save Money, Time And Energy On Books And Meals



By Jonathan Howard on November 09, 2010
Category: Health Magazines

It's that time of year again when the smell of paper and pencils fills your nostrils and the sound of keyboards and footsteps fills the hallways. It’s a new school year and on your graduate school budget you’ve probably bought yourself a few new clothes, a pair of shoes and maybe a new winter hat. In your excitement, you make the obligatory stop at the campus bookstore.
With a list of your required class books in hand, you walk through the aisles, reading your list. Dodging other students, your pace slows as you come to the realization that you are in for endless hours of studying and well, more studying. Taking a deep breath, you wonder how you are going to manage it all and survive.
Save Money by Buying and Renting Your Required Books Online
First step, get out of the campus bookstore! Campus bookstores are way overpriced. Even the previously used text books are over priced. Save money on your required books by using an online bookstore. There are a multitude of online traditional buy and sell bookstore choices such as Amazon, Campusbooks4less and Valorebooks.com.
Some bookstore sites will not only buy and sell you a book, but some also rent you a text book, such as Ecampus.com. Have an iPhone or a Droid? No problem. Affordabook.com has an iPhone application which compares up to twenty books. Campusbooks.com has an iPhone and Droid application that not only compares prices, but will find the book at your local library or bookstore. There are plenty of options out there and there is no need throw your money away at the campus bookstore.
Save Time and Energy by Preparing Your Meals Way Ahead of Time
It’s 6 pm and you’re starving. You’ve been at class all day and your night is going to be more of the same. With your loaded class schedule, time is precious. There is too much to read, too much to write, and preparing an elaborate meal does not fit into the equation. Never fear, Vaccum Food Savers were invented just for this purpose. Investing in a food saver will not only save you time and energy during the school year, but money as well. With portions of your favorite dishes waiting for you in the freezer you will be less likely to spend your money on food.
A month before the semester starts make a list of all your favorite meals. Over the course of the next couple of weeks prepare full portions of those meals and vacuum seal them in individual portion sizes. Make sure to label all your individual vacuumed items, so there is no confusion later, and place them in the freezer. There are a variety of food savers online, in a range of prices. Whichever one you choose, in the end, it will be a good investment.
Spending the time and energy to buy your books on line and prepare your meals before the semester begins will not only save you money, but reserve your time and energy for later when you need it the most.

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