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Simple Money

Explore budgeting, minimalist strategies, and frugal tips to keep your money in order, all while living a more simple lifestyle.

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Silly Ways You May Be Wasting Your Money

There are a lot of silly ways you could be wasting your money.  It usually happens slowly, over time.  As we make more money, we slowly start to spend more money.  Before we know it, even though our incomes tend to increase over the years, our savings don’t always grow to match that rate.  Why? …

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How to Save Money on Groceries (and Still Eat Well)

I’m always looking for ways to save money on groceries. Groceries are expensive – especially when feeding a family wholesome, clean foods!  Every first quarter of the new year we take on a grocery no-spend challenge. The dates vary, depending on our annual vacation, but inevitably, I’ll try to squeeze out at least thirty days …

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Buying Secondhand: 40 Items You Should Never Buy New

Here are 40 things you should be buying secondhand. You might be surprised! Decluttering and living simply often means making smarter choices about what we bring into our homes. You can be mindful about what you bring into your home AND save money. Before you turn up your nose at the thought of buying used …

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Creative Ways to Give When You Think You Have Nothing to Offer

Giving when you have nothing may seem like an impossible ideal.  However, what if there were ways you could make a positive impact on the world without any financial limitations? It’s totally possible to give, even when you don’t have any money. The power of compassion is not limited, even when your pockets are empty, …

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Blast from the Past: Saving Money Like it’s 1950

Do you ever feel like saving money is out of reach?  It could be that in our days of technology where things are fast and furious, we’ve forgotten how to slow down and keep things simple.  Turns out, living a simple life actually leads to money-saving too. Even our phones have turned into this huge …

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Master Meal Planning: The Stress-Free Beginner’s Guide

Meal planning for beginners… I wish it existed when I first learned to “cook”, if you can even call it that! (I literally set our kitchen cabinets on fire once while boiling water. Oh, how far I’ve come!) If ever there was a time to learn how to meal plan, it’s now.  Groceries are EXPENSIVE. …

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Free Activities To Do With Your Family – Save Your Money and Create Memories!

As summer approaches, I’m always looking for free activities to do with my family, that don’t cost me any money, help create memories, and fill the gaps in our days. You could go shopping. I used to do that a lot before simplifying. It was something to do. I would go buy all the things …

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Are All the Holiday Deals Worth It?

​Eight years ago, while pregnant and with a baby at home, I was standing in a line wrapped around a department store at 3 AM, doing the pee dance and waiting for some unknown great deal.   Looking back, it was utterly ridiculous and unnecessary torture for my always full bladder.    I had a plan, …

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More Money, Less Stuff: 10 Minimalist Secrets to Supercharge Your Savings

Minimalism and simple living have so many benefits. Living a simpler life, decluttering your home, and embracing experiences over things can lower your anxiety, give you more free time, and generally help you live a more fulfilling life. Minimalism can also save you a lot of money, even if you are not a “frugal minimalist”. …

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Review of Emeals: Worth the Cost?

I mention emeals often as a favorite resource because I LOVE THEM!  Here you will find my honest review of emeals to see if it’s right for you.  Emeals is a busy person’s best friend.  Seriously.   Yes, it’s a pay-for-meal planning service, and it is worth every single penny (although it doesn’t cost that …

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Try a No Spend Challenge + FREE No Spend Month Printable

Have you ever taken a no spend challenge? If not, have you ever thought about taking a no spend challenge? Maybe a no spend month? Or a no spend weekend? Heck, even a no spend day! I usually do at least one no spend month ever year, often in January.  Why? You would not believe …

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BUSTED! Are these expenses breaking your monthly budget?

Saving on monthly expenses is one of the biggest impacts you can have on your monthly budget. We have been there (recently), where we had to count every single penny entering our bank account and leaving our bank account. I quit my corporate world job last year to stay home with my family and start …

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