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How to Create a Minimalist Budget
Budgeting - heck, establishing a budget - can be hard for anyone. It can be equally difficult to stick to it and achieve your financial goals. Spending wisely, saving money, paying down debt can all be accomplished with a minimalist budget system. And when you learn to budget like a minimalist, you just might find that you're less stressed about money and on the path to achieving your financial goals!
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Frugal Foods for Meals on a Budget
When money is tight you need to cook meals on a budget. That's done by stocking your pantry with frugal foods. See just what we keep in our pantry to save money.
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Easy and Cheap Meals to Make During Quarantine
Don't want to go to the grocery store? Give pantry cooking a whirl! These cheap meals are easy to make during the pandemic (and really, any other time).
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2020 No Spend Year – February Review + Frugal Five
We made it through February - woohoo! There were some unplanned expenditures this month, but we still saved money in the end. So how did we do in our No Spend February?
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How Frugal Can You Be? A No-Spend Experiment
Like all good conversation topics (joking), this idea came to me when someone asked in a Facebook group "Is there such a thing as a 'how-cheap-can-I-be? calculator?". I immediately looked to my husband to see if he could build a fancy pie chart pivot table spreadsheet, and alas, that wasn't what I got. Instead, he replied with some no-nonsense advice. "YA NEED A BUDGET!" Practical, true. Realistic, yes. But how do you calculate just how frugal can you be? Let's take this "how frugal can you be?" question into experiment mode!*
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How to Enjoy Frugality
Living frugally does not mean that you need to deprive yourself of everything enjoyable. Yes, you're out to save money but that doesn't mean you can't have stuff. As a frugal minimalist, our life feels luxurious. How?Our basic needs are met and we make our "wants" intentional. We view frugality as already having abundance, not deprivation. We enjoy our frugal lifestyle.
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How to Complete Your Very First Spending Audit
In a world of excess, it pays off to take a hard look at your spending habits. Society tells us "Buy more and save!", but really, you'll save 100% if you don't buy that product at all. So what do you spend money on every month in this "buy-more" world? Are you spending more than you make? Can you think of any areas of excess spending you can trim back? All of these questions can be answered with a spending audit.
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2020 No Spend Year – Rules, Goals + January Review
For 2020, we decided that a no spend year would put us back on track to saving more money and consuming less. We of course have a few rules and understand that everyone's idea of a "no-spend" challenge is different.
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Cheap (or Free) Date Night Ideas
No matter how long you’ve been in your current relationship, I bet you’ve gone on a few (dozen… or hundred) dates with this person. Some have probably been super fancy and impressive. I’m here to tell you that not all dates can come straight from a Hallmark movie. When you’re on a budget or just don’t want to give into lifestyle inflation, cheap date night ideas are a must.
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What’s a Budget Date? Why You Need Them as a Couple
Making budgets is just so romantic. I love it when my husband talks those numbers to me. SAID NO WIFE EVER. But yet, we need to talk about money. It’s hard to talk about money when you can’t seem to find the time. Maybe your jobs or kids get in the way of real, deep conversation about your finances. Several years ago when we decided to go to one income, my husband had an idea: let’s go to dinner and talk about our finances in a lower-pressure environment. It was then the budget date was born.
Save. Live. Be Minimal.
