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Money Moves Smart People Make to Keep More of Their Hard-Earned Cash
Managing money wisely isn’t just about being frugal, it’s about being strategic. Smart people know how to stretch their dollars further by taking advantage of the right tools and offers that

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I’m Still Alive; also, join the 7th Annual Uber Frugal Month Group Challenge!
I’m still here! I took an unplanned (and therefore unannounced) break from writing the blog, which was intended to be for a week, but expanded to a month and then two months… WHOOPS. I confess I

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Reader Case Study: Yearning For a Debt-Free Future
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Welcome to the NEW (looking) Frugalwoods!
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Reader Case Study: Stationed in Japan with the US Marine Corps, Hoping to FIRE
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A Wall Removal And Other June 2023 Expenses
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Reader Case Study: Ex-Pats in Hanoi, Vietnam
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The Tail of Gigi The Dog
[](https://frugalwoods.com/2023/07/20/the-tail-of-gigi-the-dog/) A question I’ve


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Reader Case Study: Special Education Teacher In Debt
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The Hobbit And Other May 2023 Expenses
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Reader Case Study: Plasterer and Social Worker in Manitoba Plan for a Baby
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We’ll Grow All Of Our Food! And Other Misconceptions I Had About Rural Life
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A values-driven life
Hello, friends. Just a quick note to let you all know that my life, at last, seems to be settling. A full two months after the death of my mother, the fog has lifted and I find that I'm motivated to
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A man of no ambition
A memory came to me this morning while I was walking the dog, a memory of those days when I was fresh out of college and just beginning to work for my father at the box factory. A salesman had come
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Why I bought a NEW car
I am 53 years old. Never in my life have I allowed myself to buy a car I truly love...until now. This is the story of how I allowed myself to make a huge purchase just for the joy of it. And it

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How self-centered shopping has made me happier with the things I buy
I've changed the way I shop over the past few years. And although the shift has been subtle, I've found that I'm much happier with the things I buy. In the past, my approach to shopping was simple.

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Who coined the term FI/RE (financially-independent, retired early)?
It's always fun to unearth some esoteric piece of personal finance history. I know there are only a few nerds out there who care (hello, Grant Sabatier (https://millennialmoney.com)!), but those of
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Designing my life, part one: Building a compass
Last week, I raved about (https://www.getrichslowly.org/designing-your-life/) the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. These two Stanford design professors have taken design

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Designing your life
I am obsessed with the film Everything Everywhere All at Once. From the moment I saw the trailer, I knew the movie was meant for me. I was right. The film's bizarre blend of action, philosophy,

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Life is not a game
You hear the phrase "the game of life" all the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-o8Spa4isQ There are books on Amazon instructing us on how to win at the "game of life"

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Learning to dance: How couples can have constructive conversations about money
Today, the Get Rich Slowly summer of books concludes with an excerpt from Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away from Julien and Kiersten Saunders. Julien and Kiersten are the power couple


