Month: June 2016

Well, it’s no surprise that the Frugal Prof is into minimalism, and the reason being is that it has had such as huge positive impact on my life in many levels. As such, I’m very keen to spread the message, in case I can help someone else. Key benefits to adopting minimalism for me are that it is has proven wonderful in lowering stress levels, and providing much simplicity to my life. I think there are also a bunch of other really important reasons why minimalism is great for you and I, and they are: Continue Reading

OK, how can you make big time savings a work, say maybe around $200 a month, which works out to $2,400 a year or $72,000 over a 30 year career? Note that this 72,000 is also excluding any compound interest on your savings, which would rise to $242,000 over 30 years, at 7% interest. You can do this through stockpiling a precious resource at work. What is it? Continue Reading

I decided to buy a used 2013 Toyota Prius for a good price, as part of my experiment to try and drive as frugally as possible. I can’t make any promises that the Prius is truly a frugal car, but I certainly hope so, and here are my reasons why I went for it: Continue Reading