One of the fears about frugality I’ve heard frequently is that it might turn us into a hermit. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a hermit is “a person who lives alone and apart from society.” You don’t have to live on an isolated island or off […]
I have never met anyone who says they want to be poor. If anything, we all try our best to accumulate wealth and get out of the vicious cycle of poverty that can stifle our mind, emotions, and future. I grew up in a poor […]
One thing you might now know about the FAF household is that we are Amazon aficionados. Both Mr. FAF and I think that Amazon Prime is one of the best things that have ever been invented. Ever since we started dating, Amazon has always joined […]
When Joe at Retire By 40 published his great post “Is Your Risk Tolerance Too High?“, it got me thinking about how my risk tolerance has affected my decisions in life. On a scale from 0 to 10 (0 – lowest and 10 – highest), […]
Saving money is what Mr. FAF and I do on a daily basis. We believe in the value of frugality and try our best to embrace this concept in our lives. Some of our frugal habits are simple such as turning off the lights when […]
Miscommunication This is a real conversation between Mr. FAF and me a while back: [Mr. FAF messaged me at work.] Mr. FAF: There’s an event this Saturday. Do you want to go? Me: What event? Mr. FAF: [His company’s name] Me: Really? What event? Mr. […]
I love to get constructive advice from other people, especially if it’s about topics I am not familiar with. However, over the years, I have seen suggestions on investment that I don’t fully understand or am not convinced by. I am writing this article not […]
As my baby bumps is getting bigger and the due date is just around the corner, some of my colleagues have told me that they wanted to throw me a baby shower. Those are the colleagues that I work closely with or talk to on […]
Have you ever dreamed of something and then later realized that is not exactly what you want? I have many of those dreams throughout my past 30 years of existence. At one point, I thought that I desired something so badly that I could give […]
Yesterday I went to bed at 10 PM but couldn’t fall asleep. And what did I do? I looked up Mrs. Frugalwoods’s blog posts about her clothing ban and relished the progress of my own for the first half of 2018. I grew up poor […]
The surprise increase A couple of months ago, we got an email from Liberty Mutual informing us that our annual car insurance premium had gone up 10% from $110 to $121/month. I’ve read about the benefit of shopping for lower car insurance rates but didn’t […]
These past few days, I’ve been experiencing something I’ve never felt before: frugal fatigue. I just feel tired of saving money and pinching pennies all the time. I want to life life a little and keep wondering about those trips to exotic resorts, those fancy […]