If you live in California, like me, you should receive free air for your car, if you purchase gas. However, gas stations may still try and change you for air (and water), but this is illegal so you are in every right to ask them to turn it on, and can report them if they do not. In most other states you may have to pay, but you can avoid this by looking at a specific webpage that gives you details on gas stations that provide free air. Continue Reading

Summer is here, and it’s time to hit the beach! My Frugal exercise schedule changes throughout the year, with summer being one of my favorites. Due to the increase in temperature, I have to move away from some of the low-lying mountains and inland areas and go closer to the ocean. This means my exercise regime take on more of a water format, and what I particularly like to do is: Continue Reading

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