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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, you could have a nice picnic in a nearby park. If you have a lot of friends the neighborhood, you might even want to turn it into a block party! Take Day Trips. If you’re dying to get out of the house, but you don’t want to spend a lot of money, then try some local venues.

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3 Important Lessons in Living Frugally, But Not Too Frugally

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’ve unintentionally gone too far a few times, and in doing so, learned valuable lessons about trying too hard to live a frugal life. A good example of this is clipping coupons. Cutting back on landscaping services, for example, might seem like a big slash through an unnecessary expense. Losing Valuable Time.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, the University of North Carolina has several you could use. Seven Cheap Hobbies That You and Your Family Can Enjoy Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations Do You Equate Money with Affection? Apparently teachers are now using these with lesson plans and some are even asking students to design their own game.

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What to do when a frugal activity backfires

The Frugal Girl

If you’ve been living the frugal life for any length of time, you’ve no doubt had a frugal activity backfire on you. I am no exception, so let me tell you about two of my recent examples! A failure-filled yogurt-making session I had a rather comical yogurt-making issue recently.

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Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany

The Frugal Girl

It is not enough to get a degree somewhere in your twenties if you want to get somewhere careerwise (of course it is also totally fine to live a completely simple and frugal life). For example, you probably saw that I foraged chanterelles a few months ago. And I mean continuous education.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Going Frugal. Fabulously Broke shares with us tips on how we can combat frugal fatigue. Yes it can get tiring living the frugal life if you don’t have the right approach. Sure they set a good example but I don’t remember having any sit down talks about the subject.

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