Is £300 enough to live on for a month?

kimwp

@ARN92_, being able to answer this question yourself is the first step towards being able to manage your finances. It's great that you asked the question, now you need to make sure you can do the calculations to answer it. To do this, list out what you will spend money on. Then by each thing, put the cost of it (including parking and transport costs). If you do something twice, you can list it twice or list it once and put X2 (remembering to double the cost figure). Then add the costs together to get the total. If the total is less than you have for those things, then you can afford them. If the total is more, then you need to not do something on the list or find a cheaper way of doing it.

thara1996

Heya. 

You didn’t actually say whether you spend that on social activities or for important things like food instead. Assuming that this is purely for going out this is my advice- keep tabs on what you spend on food at the cinema or theatre downtown. Best wishes. 

Whenever I’m going bowling I prefer to take my own food and drink to cut down on my overall spending. I use a cheap diary to write down my costs each week too. Avoid the unwise temptation to get food and drink at full price as well. It pays to do your own detailed research online firstly of all to discover more. Truly, literally and seriously. 

Rather see if you can secure a noticeable and nice discount. Many different restaurants like to operate a variety of decent offers these days. Take a good careful look at the information on their own website in question here. This will pay off in the long term seriously. Or email or call them up for more information on what to expect and to have a chance to discuss any other hidden offers in advance. 

Another good source of information is the main areas on this website that contain a wealth of handy information. It never does hurt you to request more details. Far from it. You will have far better luck if you are kind and patient whilst inquiring directly however about discounts.