Editing How To Become Financially Independent (section)

== Tips when Eating Out ==
Of course, not everyday you’re going to feel like cooking. There’s times where you may want a change or if you’re traveling you won’t have much of a choice unless you know someone in the area and they’re willing to take care of you for your entire stay. In that case, try going to events where they’ll give free food. When I graduated college, I still continued going to random free events on campus just because they had free food. Most of the time it’s Moe’s or Pizza which is fine every now and then. Of course health is the #1 priority so you don’t want to eat too much unhealthy food or supplement it with tons of veggies. Along the same lines, anytime you do go out, you should carry with you an empty lunchbox. This is one of the easiest ways to take advantage of free events. I’ve seen so many times how much food gets wasted during those events which is why I don’t feel bad doing so. So what I usually do is, I take an extra plate worth of food and then when I’m at a nearby table, I take out my empty lunchbox and fill it up with that. Then once I get home, I can keep it in my fridge or freezer to enjoy later.