Frugalwoods is my manifesto. I’ve under no circumstances felt so passionately a few mission nor poured heaps vitality into any single enterprise. As 2014 entails an in depth, I’ve to share how grateful I’m to all of you for studying alongside as Mr. FW and I navigate our journey to monetary independence. Thanks for being correct proper right here with us!
What Frugalwoods Means to Me
I revealed my first submit correct proper right here on April ninth and felt a rush of enjoyment, low cost, and abject worry. I used to be terrified that I might’ve ignored some vital frugal part, nonetheless in addition to relieved due to lastly, I would say what I actually think about client customized and the hazard of spending above one’s means.
Frugalwoods is an unimaginable outlet for my weird ramblings musings on life and frugality. And because the weblog started concurrently the crystallization of our choice to maneuver to a homestead contained in the woods, it has develop to be my journal. I’d say this could possibly be a step up on the planet contemplating my final journal was a Lisa Frank unicorns-n-hearts diary with a butterfly lock (’90s women, you understand what I’m speaking about because you most likely had one too, right subsequent to your Delia’s catalogue and glitter lip gloss).
What You Will Uncover on Frugalwoods in 2015
Folks often ask if I’ve downside creating with concepts to position in writing about or if I’ll ever run out of matters to cowl and, presumably it’s my naivete, nonetheless my reply is at all times no. How can I be so cavalierly assured? On account of Frugalwoods is solely an trustworthy reflection of the lives that Mr. FW and I lead. I don’t make stuff up. The entire stuff you research is an precise iteration of who we’re as folks, what we eat for breakfast, what our needs are, and why frugality isn’t a battle, nonetheless pretty a freedom, for us. I don’t share each intimate part with you folks (consider yourselves lucky on that entrance, no particular person ought to know what number of occasions Frugal Hound has barfed in the midst of the night time and woken us each up…), nonetheless I current the true low down on our lives.
I would like you to know what it’s need to dwell uber frugally, and to like doing it. It’s potential to avoid shedding 65%+ of your earnings and nonetheless gown accurately, odor good, and revel in your life. I’m on a lifelong advertising marketing campaign within the path of the notion that one must repeatedly spend increasingly more cash with the intention to be pleased. It merely ain’t so. I’m furthermore on a lifelong advertising marketing campaign to seek out out why I can’t eat only one cookie. Nonetheless that’s neither correct proper right here nor there and is generally merely a difficulty I’m having as I write this submit…
In 2015, depend on a great deal of frugal philosophy and ideas, residence enchancment simple methods to’s, copious parts of Frugal Hound, recipes, suggestion on boosting your financial monetary financial savings and, oh yeah, we’ll talk about your complete homestead-hunting course of too.
What You Gained’t Uncover on Frugalwoods in 2015
Of us have requested why I don’t cowl sure matters on Frugalwoods. Efficiently, I don’t care for one factor that we haven’t knowledgeable. For instance, since Mr. FW and I haven’t ever had any debt aside from our present mortgage, I can’t write a considerate, useful submit on debt compensation. I can present strategies on how we preserve our residing funds giant low, nonetheless I’m not going to evangelise a debt compensation philosophy due to I don’t know what it feels need to be in debt.
Mr. Frugalwoods and I are fortunate, fortunate folks and everybody is aware of it. We’ve been lucky to have good jobs, to avoid shedding our cash collectively, and to not have any traumatic or costly emergencies in our lives. Neither of us is from a rich household and, had we taken just a few false steps in how we obtained our educations, how we purchased our residence, or any variety of completely completely different seemingly insignificant (nonetheless life-altering) choices, we could most likely be deeply in debt right now and struggling.
I gained’t presume to understand how I’d care for debt, due to actually, I don’t know. Till I’m truly in a scenario, I don’t understand how I’ll preserve it. Equally, I don’t write about frugal kid-rearing due to we don’t have children nonetheless. I’ve no clue simple methods to increase kids and no thought how our lives will change as shortly as we do have mini-Frugalwoods (primarily based completely on my analysis: A LOT). Nonetheless correct proper right here as quickly as additional, I’m not going to spout suggestion on one issue I do know nothing about. I’m grateful to Shannon from Financially Blondewho’s a father or mother, for writing a unimaginable buyer submit earlier this yr on elevating frugal children.
Trying As soon as extra on 2014
I’ve written 117 posts since that fated first publication in early April. To be further exact, Mr. Frugalwoods wrote 14 of those and Frugal Hound need to make clear, for the doc, that she is personally answerable for a whopping 13 posts (let’s merely say there’s been a complete lot of sniffing happening).
In reflecting on what Frugalwoods is all about, I seen that different our pretty foundational posts had been revealed as soon as extra contained in the day when solely our dad and mom had been studying the weblog (hello there, mother, dad).
In case you’d need to research what they did, it is doable you will get pleasure from this little journey down our (pretty quick) reminiscence lane:
Uber Frugal Month: Draw back Your self. That is that very first submit and, aptly, it’s all about simple methods to constructing a supremely frugal existence. In case you’ve been within the hunt for a 2015 draw back or simply need to ramp up your frugality, test it out. It’s not for the faint of coronary coronary coronary heart and likewise you’ll see that our fame for excessive frugality is accurately deserved.
Frugality Is Not Mainstream. My utilization of the moniker frugal weirdo originates on this submit. In case you haven’t research it nonetheless, you don’t know Frugalwoods. This submit primarily sums up my views on frugality and why I favor this life to the predominant client carousel.
Do You Really Want That? Don’t Be Owned By Your Stuff! Pretty self-explanatory, this could possibly be a tour by way of how we make purchasing for choices and why you should purchase lower than you suppose.
Hidden Perks of Frugality. Except for, you understand, saving tons a cash and under no circumstances worrying about debt, frugality has fairly just a few facet advantages.
Behind the Scenes of a Totally blissful Frugal Marriage. All about how Mr. Frugalwoods and I truly like our frugal life and one another.
And we’ve had additional moderen posts that I think about actually speak to who we’re, which you will’ve missed:
Why I’m Not Looking for Any Garments in 2014. About heaps further than merely the expense of garments–points with weight, physique picture, and self-control are all wrapped up in my writing on this one. And hey, I adhered to my draw back and didn’t purchase a scrap of clothes (aside from the one $0.50 storage sale belt I already fessed as rather a lot as).
10 Shockingly Costly Factors We Non-public. Put collectively to be shocked.
The Frugal Homestead Sequence Half 1: Why The Woods? Contemplating I didn’t write this submit till two weeks before now, I’d say it was a tad overdue. After I wrote it Mr. FW and I assumed, huh, that most likely would’ve made sense as our very first submit. Nonetheless, then no explicit particular person would’ve research it. At any price, this could possibly be an intensive encapsulation of the rationale for our frugality and, the primary in a sequence on the subject.
I hope that Frugalwoods would possibly assist simply a few of us understand that they will moreover rework one of the simplest ways via which they spend cash, and one of the simplest ways via which they view their lives. Cash is life, whether or not or not or not we favor it or not, and it’s best to make use of it accurately or it’s best to make use of it foolishly. Unsurprisingly, the way you make the most of cash will dictate the best way you reside your life. Set your priorities first and your cash will observe. What’s going on to you do in 2015?
