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Day 16: Enjoy Being Frugal
Saving money can be fun. Lighten up just a little bit and realize that you probably have more stuff than you need, and that you can afford to skip the next purse, gadget, tool, service, whatever. Seriously, take a deep breath, open your eyes, and look around your house. You have to clean, maintain, move, and insure all of that stuff! Do you really need more? Probably (definitely?) not.
Here’s the deal. Most people are not ready to go from “normal spending” to “radical simplicity”, but we can all move from one side of the spectrum to the other. So, instead of “learning to do without”… let’s “learn to do more with what we have and enjoy the freedom of owning less”.
My favorite frugal living sites?
Checkout: Frugal For Life, The Festival of Frugality (which I’ll be hosting next Tuesday), Thrifty Mommy, Boston Gal’s Open Wallet, and the Frugal Babe.
Have you found that you enjoy living the frugal life? Leave a comment and let us know. If you are a blogger, write a post about frugal living choices, and contact me. I’ll be more than happy to link to your post.
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I have had so much fun playing the “Grocery Game” and saving at least half on my groceries. I love the clerks’ reactions when they say how much I saved!