Category: Lifestyle

Frugal New Year Resolutions

It is the start of another year and so it is a great time to get your frugal habits started, re-affirmed or even improved upon. Here is my suggestion for creating and maintaining a frugally focused New Year’s resolution: Continue Reading

BookScouter

iphone-logoI may move shortly for a new job, and so I am looking at selling items that I don’t use very much rather than having to move them to a new place. I certainly have lots of used books, which were acquired pre-frugal times and before I started focusing on library loans instead. Lots of used books can certainly be a pain to move, and in searching for a place to sell them online I found BookScouter.

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Get Paid for Ads on your Smart Phone

1311346812There are several ways in which you can earn extra cash on your smart phone and one interesting approach is to allow ads on the lock screen of your smartphone. Two companies will do this for android devices, which are Continue Reading

Financial Freedom Checklist

checklistIf you are just starting your journey to financial independence there is a short checklist of items that are needed as you go out on this adventure, to ensure that you reach the goal of freedom quickly and safely: Continue Reading

Habits maketh the man or woman

partycoupleYou are what you do, so if you really want to do something new or create a positive change in your life, make it into a habit. I’ve heard that it usually takes about three weeks to instill a new habit, so if it’s a little hard in the beginning, don’t worry as the first week or two are often the most difficult, but after that it can become the norm. Continue Reading

Competency or Mastery

martial-arts-masterI recently discovered a blog by JD Roth, the guy that started get rich slowly. I’m enjoying reading his articles, and would like to highlight a few in my posts. One of the first that caught my attention was about tenacity verses talent, largely because I think I fall in the tenacity section! It describes about learning a new skill and the hours needed to become competent or to gain mastery. If you want to be reasonably competent, you need to spend approximately Continue Reading

Fuel Economy

gaspistolBuying a fuel efficient car and keeping it for 5 years or more can save you 1000s of dollars  in gas. There are plenty of options for getting fuel efficient cars, you can go for hybrids that include plug-varieties, all electric or those that run on diesel. There’s a lot of choices nowadays, and when you are calculating your overall costs you may even want to add in very fuel efficient gasoline cars. One place I have found very easy to use that helps me compare cars of all types and costs associated with each is Continue Reading

More Fruits and Vegetables!

FD0000A056Focusing on your health is of huge importance to the Frugal Lifestyle, as you want to enjoy as many of your years as you can, and without wasting tons of money on healthcare costs. You could become vegetarian, although this still relatively uncommon in the US with a Vegetarian Times Magazine survey back in 2008 revealing that there are 7.3 million million US vegetarians (3.2 percent of the population). Being vegetarian can certainly be a great frugal step but if this is a little extreme for you, upping your fruits and vegetable intake is likely to be a significant health benefit to you Continue Reading

Hedonic Adaptation – Are You the Hamster in the Wheel?

HamsterWhen I first heard of ‘hedonic adaptation’ I wondered what it was, perhaps it was some kind of cool new band that I had not yet listened to? Nope, it is instead a term whose meaning I suggest should be taught to every citizen in the US, or perhaps every citizen in this rapidly developing world of ours.

Got your attention? I hope so, because for me, learning about hedonic adaptation made me changed my entire views on money, savings and investments, and my focus on what really makes me happy. Continue Reading

Frugal Exercise – Walk, Jog, Bike & Even Surf!

SurfsupKeeping up with an exercise program not only makes you feel great and keeps your weight down, it can also potentially save you a lot of money in terms of health care costs, so eating healthy and exercising form a major part of the frugal life style. Continue Reading