Tweet Nearly 9,000 women signed up for the Febusave 2010 campaign, for example: 2,307 pledged to give up buying lunch 1,118 pledged to give up treats 162 pledged to give up taxis These might not seem like much; but little changes like this can make a real difference to your finances. My pledge was to [...]
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Progress report on my #febusave pledge
February 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · frugal, ideas
Tweet For the month of February I decided to give up driving to work and bank the savings. It’s been surprisingly easy to catch the train each day, even if it does mean I need to plan ahead a bit more. The savings have been a real eye-opener, especially when one of my friends mentioned [...]
Savings plan progressing nicely for #febusave
February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · frugal
Tweet I’ve been following up on my pledge to catch public transport as much as possible during February, especially for the commute to the office. I’m finding the daily train trip gives me a few unexpected benefits in addition to saving money: more time to work on projects rather than concentrating on driving in the [...]
Savings and managing credit – a hard lesson to learn #febusave
January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · frugal, ideas
Tweet We do not often share stories about our personal finances (except perhaps to boast of some great success?) but here are some hard won lessons I have learned. My parents were not great savers, subsisting from pay to pay in the way that many workers do. Thus I did not learn much about saving [...]
Shanks' Pony (a.k.a. taking a walk)
January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · frugal
Tweet This fine institution – shanks’ pony – has been a vital part of human transport for generations. It is an old-fashioned term that means travelling by foot. I’ve been experimenting with this novel concept all week. Walking between appointments in the city during the business day (rather than catching a taxi). Some benefits of [...]
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How you can reduce your lifetime energy footprint
January 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · frugal
Tweet Dr. Saul Griffith shares on Pop Tech! how we can reduce our lifetime energy usage. One key idea is making things last longer. He also shows Wattzon.com, a free online tool anyone can use to gain a deep understanding of their total energy footprint – and how to reduce their role in climate change. [...]
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Is Procrastination a Useful Tool in Frugalism?
January 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · frugal
Tweet One thing I realised recently is that my tendency to procrastinate can be useful tool in deferring expenditure. There were several days after Christmas when I meant to go to the shops and buy some things but never got around to it. And then, on thinking about it realised I did not need those [...]
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List of things to simplify – finance
November 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · frugal
Tweet Thinking about things in my financial life that can be simplified or reduced: credit cards bank accounts superannuation fund accounts shopping insurance Off to work out an action plan to simplify each of these – the goal is to make them simpler, cheaper and/or better value for money. Tweet
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Shopping plans
November 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · frugal
Tweet I’ve never really bothered to plan my shopping & have traditionally just bought whatever appealed to me on the day. But that is all about to change. I’m going to be planning my shopping from now on – checking labels and looking for good value. Any frugal shopping tips are most welcome. Tweet
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Time for some public transport
November 14th, 2008 · Comments Off · frugal
Tweet This week my goal is to take public transport to the city on at least 3 business days. Just been checking out the NSW government 131500 website to plan my trips. Now I just need to find a carbon reduction tracker so I can work out progress due to not using the car so much. [...]
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