Frugal Living

Frugal living rule #1 - meal plan for the entire week. The same rote advice that goes along with brown-bagging your lunch and quitting your latte habit. Those are GREAT tips. They save a lot of money. But recently, meal planning started to get me down. Sticking to a plan and having to buy the things on that plan sometimes meant I was spending a lot more on my grocery … [Read more...] about Why I Quit Meal Planning..And What I Do Instead

Welcome to the Get Back on Your Bike Project. I’m Emma, the writer of this blog on frugal living and life hacking one’s way to financial freedom. I used to be an avid cyclist. When we lived in Sydney I biked from home in Bondi to work in the CBD every day. If you know Sydney, you'll know there are hills, lots of hills. I was in the best shape of my life during my … [Read more...] about Introducing the Get Back on Your Bike Project

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If you’ve been thinking about how to live frugally and save money, you might be wondering where to start. Frugal living comes as the result of many small changes and can take some time to implement. What is frugal living? Frugal living is simply being intentional with your money. Frugal and cheap are often used interchangeably but they are not the same. As an example, … [Read more...] about 18 Of The Best Frugal Living Tips To Save Money Today

When I was 17 years old, I spent the summer before my final year of high school working in a cardboard box factory. The work was physically strenuous, receiving flattened cartons strapped in bundles of 5 or 10 which flew off the rollers at approximately 2-second intervals. In that time I was to stack them on a pallet in various grid layouts according to supplier … [Read more...] about How an Old Man in a Box Factory Changed My Life