Tag: frugality
18 posts tagged "frugality".
The discipline of spending deliberately and well below your means — not self-denial but a tool for buying freedom. A backbone of FIRE, it lowers your cost of living and widens your optionality by shrinking the income you need to survive. The blog treats it less as penny-pinching than as the old virtue of frugalitas praised by Seneca and the Stoicism tradition — a defence against consumerism and the hedonic treadmill, and a way of noticing how little you actually need to live well. Done right it is closer to a minimalism of values than a spreadsheet of sacrifices.
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Make Frugality Great Again!
The modern practice of frugality has become a funhouse-mirror perversion of the original virtue. What happened?
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Life of Paisa: The Cost of Living in Medellín, Colombia
When you measure cost of living against quality of life, Medellín is a bargain. Here's my report on spending six months in the city.
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2019 Spending Breakdown: The Year of Becoming a Fancy Bitch
After tracking all my expenses, I calculate that my lifestyle has inflated by 1.25x this year. Honestly... I’m kind of into it.
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Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas
The history of finance is a history of brains splattered on the pavement. Just how safe is the buy-and-hold index funds orthodoxy?
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A Fistful of Dong: The Cost of Living in Da Nang, Vietnam
The sleepy beach town of Da Nang is an underappreciated gem, but its star seems to be on the rise. Here's what all the fuss is about...
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The Barbell Strategy for Buying Quality Stuff
The idea that buying high-quality stuff saves you money in the long run is overrated, but there's a way to get the best of both worlds.
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Living on $10,000 a Year: Attempt #2
Once again, I’ve got an entire year’s worth of spending data spread out in front of me.So, how’d I do this time?
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Fuck-You Money Part II
For a refresher on the importance of fuck-you money, go peel off a $100 bill, and subject yourself to the silent, brooding judgment of Benjamin Franklin.
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The Joy of Fuck-You Money
According to Humphrey Bogart, the only good reason for making money is “so you can tell any son-of-a-bitch in the world to go to hell”.
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Bali on a Budget: Living on Less Than $800 a Month
After four trips in as many years, I’ve got enough spending data for a detailed breakdown on the delightfully low cost of living that Bali has to offer.
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Specialization is For Insects
Developing broad interests and skills not only dovetails perfectly with the frugal life, but acts as a force multiplier that propels you towards your financial goals at blistering speed.
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Living On Less Than $10,000 a Year
One of my 2017 goals was to try and maintain a flâneur lifestyle while living on less than $10,000.
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The Best Things in Life Really Are Free
Free and cheap activities are just as fun as their spendy alternatives, and might even accidentally make you a better human being in the process.
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Chiang Mai on the Cheap: Living on Less Than $500 a Month
Even after six months, I'm still gobsmacked by how cheap Chiang Mai is. Here's my full cost-of-living breakdown, with savings tips for every category.
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Net Worth Tracking: The No-Bullshit Metric For Financial Success (Free Spreadsheet)
Figuring out your net worth is a huge eye-opener. Grab a free copy of the net worth tracker (Excel or Google Sheets) I used to save $100,000 in just over three years.
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100+ Money Saving Tips to Slash Your Spending
After many years as a personal finance columnist, I’ve distilled the very best articles into this collection of more than 100 money saving tips.
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How to Save $100,000 by Age 25
Every morning I roll out of bed and ask myself, ‘What should I do today?’ With the right mindset and strategies, just about anyone can save $100k.
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The Self-Experimentation Guide
A self-experiment that doesn't generate obvious results, like taking tiny, sub-threshold doses of LSD, crosses the line into fiddling on the margin.
