Over the weekend, I was getting twitchy from not thriftin’. (read: different than the twitchy from change jinglers) It’s my “me time” and I’ve found that when I don’t carve out that time for myself, the upcoming week can be almost unbearable. Not for me, but for those around me. lol
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A sense of deprivation, temptation, or resentment is a common experience for some frugalites during their frugal journey. These emotions can sabotage your efforts and undermine your goals. A shift in attitude can help keep you on the frugal track, or get you back onto the frugal wagon.
Frugality is about tradeoffs and more specifically, focused frugality is about choices and priorities. The key is in recognizing that when exercising frugality, you are choosing to give up something, in order to have something else. Making consistent decisions that work toward …

Change jars are like mini savings accounts. You can start one to have as an emergency fund or to help you reach a specific goal. It’s a painless way to accumulate some extra money. The fun part is finding a container to use and creating rules for your own change jar challenge. You can tell a lot about a person by their loose change.
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Each day you make choices and decisions. Some of these decisions can be environmentally friendly. By modifying simple activities in your daily life, you can help the environment. Many frugal practices run parallel with green living. Frugalitarians know of the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, but in my opinion there are more than three R’s that can assist you in living more frugal, green, and/or simple. I call these practices “eco frugality”.
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