I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to commit to living frugally, not just for one uber frugal month as I wrote about, or even a year or two, but for the rest of our lives. And I gotta say, I feel really good about it. Mr. Frugalwoods and I like what frugality does for our marriage, our health, and our longterm outlook on life.
Living the frugal life yields hidden perks because it also means living the healthy life, the environmentally-friendly life, the family-centered life, the dressing-up-your-hound life… all could be considered by-products of frugality.
Our end goal is not frugality, but rather the life that frugality will enable. Retiring early and pursuing our dream of living on a rural homestead just wouldn’t be possible to achieve or sustain without our commitment to careful fiscal stewardship.
Our Hidden Perks of Frugality:
Peace of mind: Since we don’t live paycheck to paycheck and don’t have any debt (other than our mortgage), we don’t make financial decisions from a place of fear.
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