I grew up with a frugal mom, so I come by it relatively naturally. Except I like pretty things (clothes/shoes/jewelry) more than my mom. But it’s not too hard (usually) to curb that impulse.

Overall, I think it’s more of a full-time mindset and a part-time job. In that, you do spend time checking for the best deals, whether it’s groceries or a household good.
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That doesn’t mean that we aren’t doing a lot of frugal things, just that they aren’t taking up extra time in most cases. Instead of clipping coupons, we eat simply (lots of whole foods) and go to the farmers’ market now as well as a locally-owned grocery store. We cook stuff at home, but most of our meals only take a few minutes to make, even from scratch. I hang laundry, but indoors on friction hangers, so it saves me time from having to put them in the dryer, take them out, and then hang them.

Most of the time I spend on being frugal is learning about better ways to do things. And that has certainly been rewarding in many ways! I know that by implementing what I’ve learned we’ve cut our spending dramatically and really turned things around. So, while I do a lot of others things at home and with our business, that’s where we’ve seen the biggest help financially so far (though perhaps that also illustrates how bad we were doing before).
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