Comments on: Living on $34.01 a Week http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/ A personal finance blog where we share insights on carefully saving money, investing, frugal living, coupons, promo codes because the little things matter in achieving financial freedom! Wed, 23 May 2012 15:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: William Lee - Earn Money From Blog 2.0 http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-79758 William Lee - Earn Money From Blog 2.0 Sun, 06 May 2012 08:18:12 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-79758 $34.01 per week. Wow, I wish I could achieve that. My car fuel consumption is already around $20.00 per week. How to live with the remanding $14.01? $34.01 per week. Wow, I wish I could achieve that. My car fuel consumption is already around $20.00 per week. How to live with the remanding $14.01?

]]> By: bjw http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78846 bjw Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:47:00 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-78846 Love the simple photo, and most of the exercises in mindful living (except of course, the water borrowing). But, did you not budget any small portion of your frugality on some charitable sharing? btw Love the simple photo, and most of the exercises in mindful living (except of course, the water borrowing). But, did you not budget any small portion of your frugality on some charitable sharing? btw

]]> By: s?l???? ?uolqo http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78552 s?l???? ?uolqo Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:08:49 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-78552 Hey tightwads, what are you saving for? A shiny coffin? A bigger tombstone? Money = earn, spend it, live/laugh/learn as much as possible. Simple. Think of the things that make you truly happy, they probably don't require much money: love=free, family=free, friends=free, religion=free, nature=free, sex=free, education=free, travel=DAMMIT! Gotta earn some if I'm gonna visit all of the continents beginning with the letter 'A'). Oh well, gotta save for some things. Hey tightwads, what are you saving for? A shiny coffin? A bigger tombstone? Money = earn, spend it, live/laugh/learn as much as possible. Simple.
Think of the things that make you truly happy, they probably don’t require much money: love=free, family=free, friends=free, religion=free, nature=free, sex=free, education=free, travel=DAMMIT! Gotta earn some if I’m gonna visit all of the continents beginning with the letter ‘A’).

Oh well, gotta save for some things.

]]> By: febrizia adhiambo http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-75797 febrizia adhiambo Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:52:04 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-75797 this was a great post.i come from an african country where being frugal is amust do.to be frugal i walk home everyday for almost everyday(about one hour ten minutes).we do have buses here but then again why would i want to spend an equivalent of $30 each month when i could just walk and benefit from the exercise? this was a great post.i come from an african country where being frugal is amust do.to be frugal i walk home everyday for almost everyday(about one hour ten minutes).we do have buses here but then again why would i want to spend an equivalent of $30 each month when i could just walk and benefit from the exercise?

]]> By: Tasia http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-73446 Tasia Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:00:55 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-73446 Thanks Shelley for the website! I do whatever I can to budget and keep expenses to a minimum. My weekly food and hygiene budget is $30, and this has been successfully maintained for years. I don't feel hungry or deprived. It forces you to prioritize and figure out your wants vs. your needs. People should really consider a frugal lifestyle. It is possible to live comfortably on a tight budget. With the average person spending 150% their annual income... we've got big debt trouble unless we start making wiser choices. Thanks Shelley for the website! I do whatever I can to budget and keep expenses to a minimum. My weekly food and hygiene budget is $30, and this has been successfully maintained for years. I don’t feel hungry or deprived. It forces you to prioritize and figure out your wants vs. your needs. People should really consider a frugal lifestyle. It is possible to live comfortably on a tight budget. With the average person spending 150% their annual income… we’ve got big debt trouble unless we start making wiser choices.

]]> By: connley landers http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-53357 connley landers Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:28:05 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-53357 Frugality is an education we all could use. Scholarships are free. As a master of minimalism, frugality and simple living, Thoreau said, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Frugality is an education we all could use. Scholarships are free. As a master of minimalism, frugality and simple living, Thoreau said, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

]]> By: Shelley http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-53085 Shelley Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:19:15 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-53085 http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/ My fav web site for frugal cooking. Beth has lots of ideas so you can create your weekly grocery shopping list from each of her tasty recipes and know ahead of time what you will be paying. My college age daughter and her room mates uses this site with their shared cooking and food budget for the week. http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/ My fav web site for frugal cooking. Beth has lots of ideas so you can create your weekly grocery shopping list from each of her tasty recipes and know ahead of time what you will be paying. My college age daughter and her room mates uses this site with their shared cooking and food budget for the week.

]]> By: Bill http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-51922 Bill Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:47:47 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-51922 Agreed, it is called "mooching" Agreed, it is called “mooching”

]]> By: Lisa http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-49798 Lisa Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:35:37 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-49798 That's exactly what my company has done. I don't mind so much because I don't need to print them off unless they are needed for proof of income. Saves a few trees as our personnel director had stacks of paycheck stubs that people didn't pick up because they had direct deposit. That’s exactly what my company has done. I don’t mind so much because I don’t need to print them off unless they are needed for proof of income. Saves a few trees as our personnel director had stacks of paycheck stubs that people didn’t pick up because they had direct deposit.

]]> By: JB - Tio Admin http://moneyning.com/frugality/living-on-3401-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-45813 JB - Tio Admin Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:12:40 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1279#comment-45813 Interesting experiment. Everyone should try doing this every now and then to find out what they really need and can do without. Living frugally can always keep one from getting into credit issues too, which is another plus. Interesting experiment. Everyone should try doing this every now and then to find out what they really need and can do without. Living frugally can always keep one from getting into credit issues too, which is another plus.

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