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frugality

Save Tons of Money By Eating Super Foods – The Minimal Amount of Food Necessary

June 22, 2009 · 25 comments

in discipline, financial fitness, frugal tips, health, lifestyle design, nutrition, savings, survival, weight loss

This is a fun problem I’ve thought about in the past, though never specifically with regard to money.  With the recent personal finance bloggers’ weight loss challenge I’m participating in, though, I thought it made sense to try to integrate it with money management.
I once went on a very strict no-sugar diet (no sweeteners, no [...]

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If You’re Broke and You Know It, Do These Four Things

April 8, 2009 · 6 comments

in discipline, emergency fund, savings

With the previous post, MoneyEnergy acknowledged that it’s time to come to terms with getting frugal.  Usually I prefer to focus on growing income and cashflow rather than cutting back on expenses.  I’m a graduate student.  I don’t even own a bike, pet, TV or a car – how can I be expected to cut [...]

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Frugal Tips for The Rest of Us – How To Save Money You Barely Have

April 6, 2009 · 13 comments

in low-income, poverty, purchases, savings

Anyone here living on less than $12,000/year on their own?  Apparently, the 2008 poverty-line level of income for the U.S. was calculated at roughly $11,000/year.  I haven’t visited every state in my short life yet, but that seems awfully low.  Even if you assume you can find a room to rent for $500/month, that’s only [...]

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Five-Step Frugal Finance Fix – How to Survive and Thrive in the Economic Downturn

March 19, 2009 · 5 comments

in guest post, recession, savings, spending

Headlines about job cuts, increased costs of energy and food, and failing financial institutions have become impossible to miss, but for many of us those headlines are not news as much as they are reminders of depressed economy. Despite an over-abundance of grim news, however, there are steps you can take to weather this economic [...]

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