Living a Frugal Life and Enjoying It
Living a Frugal Life and Enjoying It
August 28, 2020 by A Dime Saved
What does it mean to live a Frugal Life? I think there is an inherent positivity in choosing a Frugal Life, even if that decision is not based on money.
I live a frugal life. I talk about living frugally and how to save money because that is my life. That is how I live. Living a frugal life is more of a mindset than having to do with money. You can live a frugal life even if you have all the money in the world. Of course, there is a world of difference between choosing to live frugally and being forced to live frugally because of your circumstances.
To be living a frugal life and enjoying it means you need to have the proper mindset in place. Living a frugal lifestyle is about more than cutting corners or making your own vegetable stock. To live a frugal lifestyle is to have a frugal mindset.
What does it mean to live a Frugal Life? I think there is a an inherent positivity in choosing a Frugal Life, even if that decision is not based on money.
Living frugally does not mean that you have to deprive yourself of every joy in the world, I think everyone is sick of all the articles and memes telling us to stop spending money and coffee. We get it. Coffee isn’t frugal. Starbucks is the devil blah blah. That’s not the point of frugality. Frugality also doesn’t mean never spending money or always buying the cheapest thing.
The Frugal Life isn’t The Cheap Life
I have an uncle who always buys the cheapest things. They can afford to spend more but he doesn’t want to. An appliance breaks- he goes to the store and buys the cheapest one. Unsurprisingly, they go through many, many appliances. Their appliances are always breaking. In fact, they have bought more microwaves in the past 2 years then I have bought in my adult life. (I only ever bought one).
That is not particularly frugal. Frugality would mean choosing the best option even if it means spending more money. Besides for probably saving money in the long run, the aggravation of constantly having broken appliances does not lead to a peaceful life.
Being frugal doesn’t mean picking the cheapest option always. It means choosing the frugal option always.
What does that mean?
Living a Mindfully Frugal Life
Living a frugal life and enjoying it means allowing yourself to spend money on what matters to you and you alone.
Living a frugal life means being mindful of where your money is going. It is choosing to spend your money in places where it matters and not spending your money in places where it doesn’t matter. Now, most people who live a frugal life tend to agree about what matters to them and what doesn’t. Designer handbags and fancy clothes are usually categorized under the “doesn’t matter” category.
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