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If it’s expensive, buy it refurbished or used. My computers, phone, printer, TV, and tablet are all refurbished and at 50-90% off the original price.
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Getting a Kindle has already been mentioned, but for manuals, magazines, textbooks, and books with pictures an old tablet cannot be beat - especially for reading pdf files. I like the old HP Touchpads from the fire sale back in 2011. They have an active development community that releases all the latest android versions customized to run on the Touchpad. I like Touchpad and iPad size because it comes very close to resembling a piece of paper. Many other manufacturers opt to create longer but more narrow tablets that don’t work as well for these kinds of documents.
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Buy cleaning supplies at the Dollar Tree/Dollar store.
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Seek to eliminate daily expenses. Limit drinks to water or homemade coffee/tea. If energy drinks are your thing, seek out less expensive options.
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See if there is a grocery outlet/salvage store in your area. The one close to me frequently gets high quality organic/healthy foods that failed to sell in grocery/health food stores. These can be purchased for pennies on the dollar. It’s not a place you can do 100% of your grocery shopping, but rather a place where you can try new things.
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Repurpose an old PC by getting a wireless keyboard with touchpad and connecting to your TV. Use this to stream online content or just browse the internet. I find this easier to navigate and more robust than being locked to whatever the TV gadget of the year is (Chromecast, Roku, Fire stick, Apple TV, etc.)
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