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I’ve heard it said frugality is a lifestyle, but more accurately, it’s a collection many different lifestyles. Not everyone can be frugal in the same ways. Someone who works eighty hours a week, for example, probably cannot find time to grind his own flour. Someone who’s unemployed and cash-poor probably cannot afford to buy spiffy water saving toilets for his home. Fortunately, there are other ways to be less wasteful ...
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We often think of frugality as “doing without”, which sounds like an unhappy state of affairs. Our consumer societies paint frugality as making great sacrifices, never enjoying what we’ve earned, or feeling guilty every time we buy ourselves a non-necessity. This isn’t at all what frugality is about. It’s not an ascetic lifestyle.
Reducing stress
Frugality is simply the awareness that some choices of what to own or pay for will make ...
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Buying groceries online can actually help you save money as well as time. The first and most obvious way is that you don’t pay for gas or bus fare to get to the store and back. If you buy a certain minimum amount, most stores don’t charge for delivery, either.
Another way it saves you money is by reducing the desire to buy items you don’t need on impulse. Grocery stores ...
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If you’re looking to save money, you’ve probably already thought of many ways to do it. You may already be doing everything you can. But here are some ideas that may or may not have occurred to you.
Don’t buy new. When you do shop, try garage sales and thrift stores before buying new. Also check Craigslist for items. And Freecycle.com, where you can swap things you no longer need for ...
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The internet is a great place to find wonderful deals on all sorts of items – sometimes much better deals than you can find in local retail stores. Thanks to search engines, almost anything you could want to buy is just a search string and some button pushes away. And you can comparison shop within minutes, without leaving your home or using any gas for transportation.
It’s also an amazing source ...
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You don’t need a wallet full of cash to enjoy the cold, snowy days. There are all kinds of frugal ways to enjoy the winter season together both indoors and outdoors. Here are a few frugal boredom busters to keep your kids happy this winter, and to keep your pocketbook even happier.
*Homemade Snowman Kit
It’s just not winter fun without building a snowman. Assemble a snowman kit to have handy. Your ...
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At the time the Internet first began all was free. In fact, that was the fundamental philosophy of the Internet: the formation of a worldwide group of people that would share liberally all sorts of facts, figures, programs, help, advice, and everything in between.
Once big business hit the Internet, however, things have changed. Nowadays, it is hard to find anything for free. But don’t despair. There are websites devoted to ...
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When it comes to saving money it doesn’t have to be all work. It can also be a little fun. I know that living frugally brings to mind all sorts of unpleasant things to many people. But those that live frugally often have a zealous approach to frugal ideas. They are actually excited by the idea of saving a little money. And it doesn’t matter how little it really is.
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To improve your home decor, you do not have to spend a lot of time or money. From a simple paint job to adding candles, you can create a warm and inviting atmosphere in which to live. The following are some fast and frugal ways to redecorate your home.
Painting — One of the main ways people tend to redecorate their homes is by painting. This is an inexpensive method to ...
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There is a lot of advice out there on how to live a frugal life. You can go from anything as simple as turning off the lights when you leave a room to grinding your own flour. There are forums out there where people discuss the way they use the rainwater they collect to do everything from watering plants to flushing their lavatories. These have their place.
Being frugal is not ...
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