It's been a long time since I've read John Scalzi's post Being Poor written about the people of New Orleans who remained trapped after Hurricane Katrina - but it brings back some memories of my childhood and early adulthood. So I thought I'd share my own little list here. We weren't poor, only abnormally ...
Category Archives: frugality
The biggest problem with thinking you don’t need much money
Having spent most of my adult life in a pattern of underearning, I wish it was a topic that more people talked and wrote about because it's a soul crushing state to be in with a relatively easy solution. When you think you don't need much money to get by - guess what? You won't earn ...
Your Money or Your Life up to 2007
Another old journal is biting the dust in the fireplace! Here's the analysis of my total earnings and net worth up to 2007:Lifetime Earnings (estimated):1983 - 5,000 - graduated into a recession economy1984 - 10,0001985 - 40,000 - loads of OT and working 2 jobs1986 - 40,000
Tis the season to…
Only a few more days until the end of summer here and it's time to think about getting ready for fall. Some end of season things that you might look at stocking up on at great prices:After-bite - the little guy got a bee sting on our trip and we didn't have this on ...
Not looking at the right side of the menu
When I was dead broke years ago, I went to a T. Harv Eker seminar (author of Secrets of The Millionaire Mind) before he became somewhat famous as he is today. Yup, I really am a reformed self-help junkie!One of the stories Harv would tell was about the mindset of ordering ...
The price of a fulfilling life and frugality burnout
On the recent month long vacation, I thought deeply about what a fulfilling life looked like and how to live that life. On the trip, I spent a total of about an hour on email, blogging, the interwebz... and have never appreciated more the benefits of stopping the noise in order to hear the sound ...
Catfight finale! And I am NOT the Biggest Loser
Oh the shame! To lose the title of Queen of Frugality to… Barb Friedberg! Oh right. I never really was the “official” Queen of Frugality, just freaking poor and stupid. The month of June was a semi-frugal one here in the Single Mom household thanks to the frugal fight ...