#ThriftyThursday

Today's #ThriftyThursday topic is how to be thrifty - or frugal - in everyday life. Frugality gets a bad rap but that's because, like all things, of the extremists. All things in moderation people. Extremism is never healthy.

Anyway.

I found a great article in Reader's Digest about effortless ways to become more frugal. I confess, the word effortless is what caught my attention. If it takes too much work, time, energy I'm at a place in my life where I'm not all that interested. I mean - these days I'm buying some of my veggies for recipes already chopped (which isn't thrifty in terms of money but is saving my sanity - pros and cons people. *grin*). So effortless is really appealing to me. Here's the article, I highly recommend reading it. One of my favorite tips in the article is "take care of your stuff." My hub and I excel at this. Another one was use smaller plates (read the article to see why) which is something I've been mulling over lately - now I'm even more motivated to do it!

How about you? Do you have a practically effortless tip to pass along to us about a way to be more thrifty?

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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