Fixed expenses may be fixed, but that does not mean you can't replace them with lower fixed expenses. Take a look at each type of fixed expense and examine if there any ways to reduce them.  For example, your cell phone bill may be fixed every month, but is it possible to drop down to a plan with lower data to save money? Similarly, your rent may also be fixed, but if your rent takes up more than half of your income, you should examine perhaps downgrading from a two bedroom to a one bedroom apartment if possible, or relocating to a more affordable area.   If you have car insurance, be sure to contact your broker each year to see if there are better deals available, or alternatively, continually shop around for better deals. If you have high levels of expensive credit card debt, consider a debt consolidation loan to reduce your fixed interest expense each month. This will allow you to pay off your credit card debt with a lower interest rate consolidation loan. This is where most savings can be found. Take a close look at your expenses each month and see where your spending that is not towards fixed expenses goes. Look at small expenses that add up over time like coffee purchases, eating out, grocery bills, gasoline, or leisure purchases.  When looking to reduce these expenses, think about what you want, versus what you need. Look to cut out as many wants as possible. For example, you may need to have lunch every day at work, but purchasing lunch at the cafeteria is a want. You could select the more affordable option of making a lunch each day. The key is to look at variable expense areas that take up a large portion of your budget. Is most of your extra spending on gasoline, food, entertainment, or impulse purchases? You could target reductions in those areas by using more public transport, packing more lunches for work, opting for more affordable entertainment choices, or leaving your credit card at home to reduce impulse spending, for example. Do an online search to find innovative ways to reduce your variable expenses in areas you struggle with. If you have identified a few areas to reduce your spending, subtract that amount from your expenses. You can then subtract the new expense amount from your monthly income to determine how much you have left over. Assume monthly income is $2,000, and your expenses were $1,600. After looking for expense reductions, you may have managed to find $200 in savings each month, bringing your monthly expenses down to $1,400. You now have $600 left over each month.
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One-sentence summary -- Look to reduce your fixed expenses. Look to reduce your variable expenses. Calculate how much money you have leftover after making reductions.

Article: The first application of herbicide should take place when the bahiagrass is small and just beginning to grow. Choose a post-emergent herbicide to kill the actively-growing grass. Spray the herbicide on your lawn as per the package directions. Post-emergent herbicides are available at your local lawn and garden shop.  Use metsulfuron to kill the bahiagrass without harming a bermudagrass lawn. Use metsulfuron, sethoxydim, or atrazine to kill the bahiagrass without harming a centipedegrass lawn. Use atrazine to kill the bahiagrass without harming a St. Augustinegrass lawn. Use imazaquin or metsulfuron to kill the bahiagrass without harming a zoysiagrass lawn. As the herbicide kills bahiagrass, bare patches will be left on your lawn. To ensure that these areas aren’t infiltrated with other weeds, promptly fill them in. Use plugs or sprigs of sod, rather than spreading seeds, for best results. To ensure that all the seeds, rhizomes, and plants are eradicated, you’ll need to apply the same herbicide again. Wait at least 4-6 weeks after the first treatment, then apply the herbicide to your entire lawn again as directed by the package instructions. The herbicide should not harm your existing grass or the new sod patches. It’s important to mow the lawn frequently to keep it healthy and prevent a re-emergence of bahiagrass. Use a sharp mowing blade, as dull blades produce brown-edged grass. Keep bermudagrass and zoysiagrass at a height of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm), centipedegrass at a height of 1.5 to 2 inches (3.8 to 5.1 cm), and St. Augustinegrass at a height of 2.5 to 4 inches (6.4 to 10.2 cm). Don’t cut more than one-third of the grass height at a time, or the roots may stop growing. For instance, if you want to keep your grass at a height of 2 inches (5.1 cm), cut it when it reaches 3 inches (7.6 cm) tall. Watering too often can cause bahiagrass and other weeds to flourish.  Wait until your lawn turns bluish-gray, holds footprints for more than a few minutes, or until the soil is dry and hard. Apply 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) of water to the entire lawn, then wait for it to dry out before watering again. Regular lawn fertilization will prevent the bahiagrass from growing back. Use a complete fertilizer, such as 12–4–8, 16–4–8, or 18-24-6, once or twice per year. You can do a home soil test to determine when your lawn needs to be fertilized. The numbers of the fertilizer refer to how much nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, respectively, it contains.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Apply a post-emergent herbicide in May. Fill in bare spots with the desired turf. Reapply the herbicide after 4-6 weeks. Mow the lawn frequently. Water the lawn only when it shows signs of water deficiency. Fertilize the lawn once or twice per year.