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Joseph Maynor

How to Practice Frugality in Your Life -- Keep Your Expenses and Possessions Down

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INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SHOOT TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND GET A LOT OF SUCCESS -- WHY NOT GET YOUR EXPENSES AND POSSESSIONS DOWN TO NOTHING AND JUST WORK A REGULAR JOB? -- YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO SPEND A TINY FRACTION OF THE MONEY THAT YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND -- THIS IS WHY THE PRACTICE OF FRUGALITY IS SO IMPORTANT -- YOU HAVE TO SET THE INTENTION, THE GOAL, TO IMPLEMENT AND PRACTICE FRUGALITY IN YOUR LIFE -- FRUGALITY DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY -- I'M NOT SAYING LIFE PURPOSE IS UNIMPORTANT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERTWINED WITH SUCCESS AND MONEY, LIKE WE ALL TEND TO CONFLATE LIFE PURPOSE WITH -- LIFE PURPOSE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MAKING LOTS OF MONEY OR ACHIEVING FAME AND WHATNOT -- YOU COULD START YOUR OWN FREELANCE GARDENING BUSINESS AND BE DOING GENUINE LIFE PURPOSE WORK -- IF YOU GOT YOUR EXPENSES AND POSSESSIONS DOWN TO ZERO, EVERY PENNY YOU MAKE CAN BE SAVED OR INVESTED, EVEN IF YOU'RE MAKING VERY LITTLE MONEY -- HERE'S A FUNNY STORY THAT I HEARD ABOUT CHINA IN THAT EVEN THE VERY BLUE COLLAR MEN IN CHINA OFTEN HAVE QUITE A SUM SAVED UP BECAUSE SAVING MONEY AND FRUGALITY IS SUCH A PART OF CHINESE CULTURE -- THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW SAVED UP OR INVESTED IF YOU WERE PRACTICING FRUGALITY OVER THE LAST 5 OR 10 YEARS! -- SO SEE, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO CHASE MAKING LOTS OF MONEY OR FAME OR SUCCESS TO DO LIFE PURPOSE WORK -- BUT YOU DO NEED TO GET YOUR SPENDING UNDER CONTROL BY PRACTICING FRUGALITY -- IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU MAKE MORE MONEY IF YOU'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY -- IT'S THE MONEY THAT YOU SAVE AND INVEST THAT MATTERS -- GET YOUR EXPENSES AND POSSESSIONS DOWN AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS YOU CAN -- BUT ALSO BUY THE SH*T YOU NEED TOO -- YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THE ONGOING WORK TO FIGURE THIS OUT -- SET THIS AS AN ONGOING PROJECT IN YOUR LIFE -- FRUGALITY IS A LIFE-LONG PROJECT AND DISCIPLINE -- I WOULD LOVE TO BE AT THE POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I HAD SUCCESS OR FAME AND BIG BUCKS BUT NOT CHANGING MY FRUGAL LIFESTYLE WHICH WOULD STAY EXACTLY THE SAME -- THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! -- WHAT WOULD YOU WITH ALL THAT MONEY?  SAVE IT, INVEST IT, GIVE IT AWAY?  -- IT DOESN'T MATTER VERY MUCH, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S ALL SURPLUS -- ONCE YOU HAVE A GOOD SURPLUS, MORE SURPLUS DOESN'T REALLY MEAN SQUAT -- NOT IF YOU'RE PRACTICING FRUGALITY! -- SEE, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO PRACTICE FRUGALITY AND SAVING HERE IN THE WEST -- IT'S NOT IN OUR CULTURE; AND WE'RE TERRIBLE AT IT, AND BECAUSE WE ARE, WE THINK OUR ONLY SOLUTION IS TO EARN MORE MONEY 

Edited by Joseph Maynor

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