Everything has changed over the past year, and weve changed, too.

Weve learned some hard lessons.

Weve adopted some new habits and dropped some old ones especially when it comes to our spending.

A man helps a woman after she fell down at the grocery store while laughing.

There are things we simply dont buy anymore.

We just dont see the point weve officially parted ways with these products.

Here are some things were just not buying anymore and one surprising thing were buying more of.

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Or close enough, anyway.

This is an easy way to save.

7 Ways to Make Money if You Hate People

Do you avoid people too?

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Enough small talk.Here are some waysto earn extra cash, without all of the social stuff.

Want to see if you’ve got the option to win money at it?

A free app calledSolitaire Cashlets you play for real money up to $83 per win.

For each game of Solitaire, youll compete against at least five other players.

Everyone gets the same deck, so its all about skill.

The top three players can win real money.

you’re free to play free practice games or enter tournaments for as little as $1.

Did you know?

There arent even any annoying ads.

Want to see how much you could win?

But dont waste your time hopping around to different insurance companies looking for a better deal.

Use awebsite called EverQuoteto see all your options at once.

Take a couple of minutes toanswer some questionsabout yourself and your driving record.

With this information, EverQuote will be able to give you the top recommendations for car insurance.

In just a few minutes, you could save up to $610 a year.

Groceries (Without Rewards)

Groceries account for a good chunk of your budget.

Everybodys got to eat.

You may as well earn a little money back while your groceries are being bagged up.

For your efforts, youll earn gift cards to places like Amazon or Walmart.

You candownload the free Fetch Rewards app hereto start getting free gift cards.

Over a million people already have, so they must be onto something.

Thats what thisfree servicedoes.

Plus, you might get coupon codes, set up price-drop alerts and even see the items price history.

Lets say youre shopping for a new TV, and you assume youve found the best price.

Heres when youll get a pop up letting you know if that exact TV is available elsewhere for cheaper.

If there are any available coupon codes, theyll also automatically be applied to your order.

In the last year, this has saved people $160 million.

you’re free to get started in just a few clicks tosee if youre overpaying online.

One Thing Were Buying More of…

Were buying more investments these days.

Investing is how you build wealth, and its time more of us got started.

If you feel like you dont have enough money to start investing, guess what?

You really dont need that much and you might even get free stocks if you know where to look.

Yeah, youve probably heard of Robinhood.

Plus, its super easy to use.

Mike Brassfield ([email protected]) is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder.

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