The Top Ten Posts of 2021 at The Frugalite
What are the top ten posts of 2021 here at The Frugalite? What can we glean from our readers from this list? You may be surprised…
Flat Broke
What to Do If You Can’t Pay Your Bills
Extreme poverty is becoming more common. If you’re in a desperate situation and you can’t pay your bills, here’s how to prioritize in order to survive.
How to Feed Your Family When You’re Flat Broke
Feeding your family when you’re flat broke isn’t easy but it can be done. Here’s how to prepare for a lean month when you’re on a super-tight budget.
Money Problems: When it Rains, It Pours
How we react to bad things that happen is the true definition of who we are. Daisy shows that by learning to turn a negative situation into a more positive experience, we become stronger and more adaptable.
The Poverty Trap: How A Small Financial Setback Can Spiral Into an Inescapable Disaster
With America’s “fee” system that punishes poor people, here’s how one small financial setback can spiral into an inescapable disaster, and some tips for digging your way out.
How to Break It to Your Kids That You’re Broke
Being broke is hard. Telling your kids is even harder. But if you’re honest with them, you can teach them some incredibly important life lessons.
The Brutal Truth About Poverty That Most People Don’t Want to Believe
There is one brutal truth about poverty that most people who aren’t experiencing it refuse to believe. And that truth is that it can happen to anyone. Especially now.
What to Do When You Have Sudden Money Problems
Anyone can have a financial emergency. It’s what you do to bail yourself out of it that determines if the problem will be ongoing or if you’ll recover quickly.
What to Do When You Lose Your Job
You’ve just lost your job! Whether it was expected or not, the first steps you take can help you survive until you get a new source of income.
Lifestyles of the Flat Broke and Resilient: A Personal Story
This isn’t advice for folks who are just down a few hundred bucks a month. It’s for people who are truly desperate to stay housed and fed.
Featured Posts
25 Signs You Might Be a Frugal Living Rock Star
Do you enjoy saving a buck more than most people? Here are 25 signs that you might be a frugal living rock star! How many of them apply to you?
7 Lies People With Money Problems Tell Themselves
Sometimes money problems can linger because people believe certain fallacies to be true. Here are 7 lies that perpetually broke people tell themselves about money.
50 Ways to Eat from Your Pantry When You Have No Money for Groceries
If you’ve got more month than money, here are 50 tasty ways to eat the food in your pantry when you can’t go buy groceries.
Cheap Eats: Stretch Your Budget with Thrifty $1 Meals
“Cheap Eats” are thrifty unglamorous meals that are reasonably filling, quick to make, (cooking utilities add up too), and less than a dollar per serving.
