Can Your Family Benefit From Frugal Ideas?
You may not be ready to buy a mountain cabin and start raising chickens
. However, you may be ready for a change to a much more frugal lifestyle. Many people have taken steps to become more frugal, and they have reaped the rewards. The things we buy may not really make us that happy, but a more secure life might be the thing we really need!Buying a lot of things, and then working hard to pay them off, may not make you happy. Certainly, it is easy to justify wanting a safe and secure home, reliable transportation, and healthy food. However, do we really need a huge house, a fancy automobile, and expensive gourmet food all the time? Would we actually be happier if we just stepped back, reduced our living standards, and actually realized we did not have to put ourselves under so much pressure? Maybe you would rather retire early, enjoy your time more, and realize you can be happy with less stuff!
It could be time to exchange your consumerist mindset for extreme anti-consumerism.
The advantage of the new extreme frugality movement is all about being able to spend your time doing things you like to do, reducing your debt, and increasing your savings. Consider the advantages you will be able to enjoy. This way you can be happier because you get to do what you want to do, and not what a boss tells you that you must do. You will be able to enjoy the income you do earn because you will not have to spend a lot of it paying high interest rates. And you will actually be more comfortable and secure because you will have more money to set aside. You could be earning interest or dividends from your money instead of spending it on things you really do not need.
The new frugality movement is all about ridding yourself of a consumerist mindset. Self worth should not be totally based on your job status, how much money you make, or what you park in your garage (if you have one). We really should value ourselves because of our contributions, regardless of how much money we get paid for them!
There are individuals who can make drastic changes in a few weeks.. Others take some baby steps towards realizing a more frugal lifestyle. What would be better for you and your family?
If you are just starting out, it can be a lot easier. It may be simple for you to clean out the clutter, change your perspective, and begin your new frugal life. If you already have a family, and especially if you are already responsible for a mortgage, auto loans, and other obligations, you may be wise to plan out your strategy as a long game. Many people need to ease into frugality. This will be a long term goal with short term milestones.
You may not ever go to the extremes of some of the famous extreme anti-consumerists you may have read about. But you will still find yourself more secure and, probably, saner, than before you had started at all!
Remember. Sometimes we make progress in small steps, sometimes with a step back, and sometimes full speed ahead. Start exploring the changes you can make tomorrow, next week, or in a year so you can enjoy a more secure, frugal life!
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