11 Monthly Subscriptions I STOPPED Buying at 52 (Hidden Money Leaks)

My grandmother paid for exactly one monthly subscription: the newspaper, sixty cents a week. At 52, I found I was paying almost $800 a month in subscriptions I'd half forgotten about. Here's how I stopped. When I turned 52, I sat down at my kitchen table with three months of bank statements and a yellow highlighter. By the time I finished, half the page was yellow: nine dollars here, fifteen there, almost eight hundred dollars a month in total. So I went back to my grandmother's way of living. You pay for what you use, and nothing more. In this video I walk you through the 11 monthly subscriptions I canceled one by one, from coffee pods and meal kits to a gym I went to only eleven times last year. For each one I share the simple, old-fashioned habit Grandma used instead. Stay until number one, because the last one isn't really about money at all. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Grandma's one subscription and my yellow highlighter 4:23 — #9: Free audiobooks I was paying $720 for 5:34 — #8: The real cost of coffee pods 7:04 — #7: My dog preferred the cardboard box 8:15 — #6: Paying extra for dinner I still cooked 9:28 — #5: The gym visits that cost $49 each 10:38 — #4: Four streaming services, nothing to watch 11:48 — #3: The car wash club built on wishful thinking 14:08 — #1: The membership that cost me my family table Which one of these are you going to cancel first? Or is there a sneaky subscription I missed that's draining your account? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 New videos every week — hit subscribe so you don't miss the next one *These are general money-saving and household tips based on my personal experience. Please use your own good judgement.* #HazelAt52 #frugalliving #moneysavingtips #simpleliving #grandmaswisdom #oldfashionedliving #over50 #fixedincome #frugalretirement #cancelsubscriptions #hiddenmoneyleaks #subscriptionaudit