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Frugality: the New Fanciness

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Mar 7, 2012. Frugality: the New Fanciness. This is my fancy, homemade “construction radio”. Booming bass, workplace toughness, extra plugs, 25 foot cord. Made almost entirely of stuff I got for free. Bonus: people tend to get a good laugh out of it. This upbringing occurred in a pretty small town (we only got our second stoplight around the time I reached high school), and there wasn’t a lot of wealth to be flaunted around there. The closest thing to riches was a. Had simpler and less flashy lives. T...

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Safety is an Expensive Illusion

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Jun 7, 2012. Safety is an Expensive Illusion. Let’s review a few of the risks people have told me I’m running:. When I write about my strategy of driving only small, fuel-efficient cars, people chime in about how dangerous it is to drive anything except large trucks like the Chevrolet Tahoe. When I write about how we should all ride bikes, people whine about the danger of getting hit by cars while cycling. I’ve even received earnest lectures about the dangers of microwave ovens, cell phones, wi-fi ...

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News Flash: Your Debt is an Emergency!!

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Apr 18, 2012. News Flash: Your Debt is an Emergency! I like to think of Mr. Money Mustache as an. Personal finance blog. We don’t talk about cutting up our credit cards, or clipping coupons to save $5.00 on the newest Swiffer mop, or making a budget that forces us to save 10% of our income while we devote the rest to “guilt-free spending”. I was never going to go out and spend so much on my credit card that I couldn’t pay it back at the end of the month! And finally, nowadays I receive emails from people...

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Frugality as a Muscle

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Jun 21, 2011. Frugality as a Muscle. Oh, Mr. Money Mustache is pissed off today. It’s because he just stumbled across a competing personal finance blog that espouses blatantly Anti-Mustachian principles! And yet it has the audacity to call itself IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com. Here’s the article. But it turns out he has a different take on frugality. He is more into “Focus on the Big Picture! Spend your time figuring out how to earn more money! Fancy car, vroom, all right, Martinis tonight, let’s go! 8220;&#...

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Is a Costco Membership Worth The Cost?

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Sep 30, 2011. Is a Costco Membership Worth The Cost? Last week, I had a chance to indulge my usually suppressed Consumer Instinct and buy a WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF at Costco. A Costco membership costs $50 per year. And expanding a nearby errand does still add some extra driving to my trip – which would not otherwise be necessary since I get all my other groceries using a bike trailer. Am I fooling myself with this membership, or is it actually a good investment of my time and money? 3 lb organic beef burger...

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Are You Giving the Shaft to your Future Self?

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Nov 11, 2014. Are You Giving the Shaft to your Future Self? Unfortunately for me, one of the concepts I find most annoying to read about happens to be one of those the mainstream financial media likes to write about the most: The hard times that have befallen Hardworking Americans*, and how it is entirely the fault of the system in which we are all stuck. Depending on the day, this same underlying story comes dressed up in different clothes:. Bill and Jenny worked diligently at their jobs as well as cari...

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Get Rich With… Bikes

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Apr 18, 2011. Get Rich With… Bikes. The bike will probably turn out to be the best thing ever invented for humankind. It is taking us a while to realize this, but I think more people are coming around with each generation. You see, bikes were invented before they were truly needed, when the world was sparsely populated. When cars came along, they seemed like an. On bikes, bringing us great speed without any effort at all! But another side effect is that bikes are good for your. Let’s start with the...