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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

Over the years I’ve developed my personal philosophy of money and lifestyle through a combination of minimalism and simple living content, the FIRE movement including Frugalwoods and The Simple Path to Wealth, Dave Ramsey. I vowed to never trust my sleep schedule with the Midwestern public transportation system again. (I

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I’m Not Going to My Best Friend’s Bachelorette Party.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The philosophy that every free moment and dollar I have should go to the bride-to-be is beyond absurd to me- no matter how good a friend or how close the relation. My goal is to visit in early April, around the halfway mark. So what is this personal priority that’s so important? A trip to Europe. Is it selfish of me to refuse?

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