A Weekly Replenishing Routine Makes Me Happy and Grateful
A weekly replenishing routine can set up the week ahead for success and comfort, and it's also a practice in gratitude.
Mindset
Cheapskate Championships: Where Frugality Triumphs
The Cheapskate Championships are stories of cheapskate redemption, where the very person who called us “cheap” or objected to frugal practices ended up adopting them at a later time.
The Year of Suck (And How I Got Through It)
2023 didn't work out so well for me. In fact, it was what I refer to as The Year of Suck. But it's almost over and I have plans to ...
Cheap by Choice: When Frugality Means Freedom
Hard-core frugality is not just making a choice to buy the generic laundry soap instead of a jug of Tide. Hard-core frugality means freedom.
Three Things Money Can’t Buy
The longest study on health and happiness in existence has been collecting data on health and happiness for over 80 years now. Turns out, the best things in life really ...
Bread and Water Can So Easily Be Toast and Tea
There's an old British saying about toast and tea that the Frugalite can latch onto as a personal philosophy during hard times.
How to Manage Emotional Spending
If emotional spending has always been your go-to response to happiness, sadness, anger, or loneliness, it's time to create some new habits for the sake of your budget.
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.
You Used to Have Money and Now You’re Broke: How to Adapt to Financial Changes
Some folks turn to the path of frugality kicking and screaming because a major change took them from financial comfort to being broke. Here's how to adapt to financial ...
Want to Be Successful? Then Do What Successful People Do.
If you want to learn how to be a success, then take a hard look at what it is that successful people do every day. Here's a list with some ...
Featured Posts
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.
Get Your Vitamin D for FREE from Sunshine
Don’t avoid the sun – bask in it, get Vitamin D safely, and boost your immune system and your happiness while lowering your risk of multiple diseases.
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?
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.
