If you know me at all, you know that I rarely advocate using coupons for food as a way to save money. The reason is that the vast majority of food coupons are for items that do nothing to improve your health – in fact, they are usually foods that encourage disease in some way. [...]
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People use many different tools to keep track of and try to save money. Some watch the Dow Jones like a hawk, others use spreadsheets to follow monthly progress, and many people use online tools such as those at mint.com. But there is one sure way to increase the amount you put into your retirement [...]
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In today’s episode of Weird Is Great, I answer the question: could I have possibly become financially independent by my mid-30s on a teacher’s salary? Remember to check out Weird Finances: How to go from broke to financially independent in ten years. You can download the first few pages for FREE!
There are two main ways to financial independence: saving all the money you can, and investing wisely, or learning how to make a large amount of money in a relatively short period of time (not exactly get-rich-quick, but a much faster path than the frugal way). Of course, you can always combine the two ways. [...]
How is financial independence related to healthy living and a simple, natural life? Let me ask you a question: is it natural to be in debt? To owe someone else money? Is it natural to live most of your life working for someone else at a job you don’t particularly like? If you answered “yes”, [...]
Couponing. Nixing organic food. Cutting meat out of the diet. People will go to extremes in order to save money on the grocery budget. But few people talk about the obvious: cutting back on food waste. (This post is a part of gnowfglins.com Simple Lives Thursday.) Think about it: you spent so much on that [...]
When you have children, finding ways to save money can be a challenge. From clothing needs to school events, the money you spend on your kids can add up quickly – and be a strain on your financial goals. Especially the goal to be a frugal family! But with some firm boundaries and creative thinking, [...]
If you look around the Internet even briefly, you’ll find tons of blogs and websites that collectively list thousands of ways to save money. Many more shell out investment advice. But rare is the webmaster who dares to dare to talk about developing financial independence. No, I don’t mean retiring at age seventy with a [...]
One of the best ways to save money is to live in a tiny house. Or, at least live in a much smaller house than the ridiculous monsters being constructed these days for two or three people! We currently live in a two-story house which square footage is around 2159 square feet. It has three [...]
What is financial freedom? It’s much more than finding ways to save money. The phrase means different things to different people, but it always includes two aspects: having no debt and having wiggle room to live life in the way you desire. Having no debt When you have debt, you are a slave to the [...]
