{"product_id":"52-practical-skills-to-stop-joseph-hover-9798254092520","title":"52 Practical Skills to Stop Inflation Stealing Your Life: A Year of Practical Self-Sufficiency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou're earning more than ever. So why does every month feel tighter?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGroceries, utilities, insurance, rent -- everything up. Not a little. Significantly. And your salary, if it moved at all, didn't keep pace. You're not doing anything wrong. You're just absorbing price increases you were never given a tool to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is that tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skill-a-Week Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e gives you 52 practical skills -- one per week, across a full year -- that cut directly into what inflation is raising the price of. Not budgeting tips. Not coupons. Skills that permanently reduce what you spend on food, energy, home maintenance, personal care, and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe savings are real and they're specific. Making your own bread: $842 a year. Negotiating your recurring bills: $1,800 a year. A three-month pantry that absorbs every price spike before it reaches your weekly shop. A side income that covers one bill reliably. A garden that produces food you used to buy. A home that maintains itself on skills you now own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery chapter is built around a single skill, a specific dollar saving, and three steps you can take this weekend. No fluff, no lifestyle lectures, no vague encouragement. The skill, the number, and the steps -- every time, without exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the end of the year: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour grocery bill is 30 to 40% lower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour home maintains itself without expensive call-outs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour pantry insulates you from price spikes you used to absorb immediately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have a side income supplementing your main one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour surplus -- between $15,000 and $35,000 for most households that follow the book seriously -- is invested and compounding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book works for city apartments and suburban homes. Every chapter ends with two versions: what this looks like with a balcony and a small kitchen, and what it looks like with a yard and a garage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInflation didn't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou just stopped letting it win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Hover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254092520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Joseph Hover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520325464319,"sku":"9798254092520","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efbdb553-68e0-4ab7-b49a-e95bbf1fc15e.jpg?v=1778742088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/52-practical-skills-to-stop-joseph-hover-9798254092520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}