FRUGAL, THRIFTY, MINIMALIST & CHRISTIAN HOMEMAKING with SLOW LIVING for a NO SPEND YEAR!!💰 Join me on this journey to save money and provide for our families while trusting in God's provision!💗🙏
Thanks a lot for your tips. Please can you help me just want to buy good food. I have not eaten good food because I don't have money. Good food like fruit, vegetables and others. Please can you help me. I live in Nigeria.
I’m a Christian and I’m experiencing a burnout from my job. It’s hard to balance everything. I know I need to make changes and have already been thinking of some of the things you talked about. It helped that you had the same suggestions
Unfortunately I don’t have the time or energy to cook from scratch but I do buy inexpensive frozen foods that can be cooked quickly. We tend to have to eat the same things a lot until Saturday and Sunday when I can actually get time to cook. We don’t have much of a yard so a garden is not feasible unless I invest money in tubs or things to grow in. Then I’d have to buy dirt and wait for things to grow. We only buy clearance clothes or thrift store items if we need anything. We are selling things but no one is really buying much because everyone is struggling. Getting my husband and son to not run the heat and A/C is virtually impossible. But I have stopped getting my hair cut and I dye it at home. Paper towels and trash bags come from work because they throw out a lot ! I absolutely depend on the Lord. Wonderful to hear that advice at the end.
Easy pasta dish for you mix pesto and cream thru hot pasta top with fried chopped bacon and mushrooms and cheese cheers from Aussie 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🐨🐨🐨🐨 you can change bacon for smoked chicken or turkey or sausage
We use solar lanterns for nighttime. Found these at Aldi, but Amazon had these too. Blackout curtains theatre grade really help block out the sun and heat.
I liked it when you read the scriptures. And yes, we do need to rely on God more. A lot of people don't realize it but they spend hundreds of dollars on tobacco, alcohol, drugs etc. I'm like...don't have heavy vices like that and cry poverty to me!! Don't do that!!
That's what i do. Cut my own hair, drive an old car, buy used stuff. I really don't buy any stuff. I have everything i need. I wash and reuse ziploc bags.
My hair is as long as yours & I cut it myself. Bend forward at the waist, brush your hair forward so it hangs in front of you. Cut the ends straight across (it's in front of you so you can see it). This leaves sides a little longer than the back, but even when you brush it back down. It's how pros do it, without the upside down! Of course I'm just trimming, not trying a fancy new style.
married and with a little girl, in less than 20y me and my wife were able to pay the mortgage and save around 100k in q small european country with low/average income. How? being frugal, keeping the same cheap cars for 20y, vacation in cheap locations once or twice a year with food bought at local supermarkets. Home cooking all month and taking our food to work. never following fashions, budget smartphones that last at least 3y. Nowadays with house prices would have been a lot more difficult or impossible to acomplish in less than 20y but still is the way to go if you qre not lucky enough to have big salaries
This is how my parents generation handled the groceries and the cooking. There were certain dishes for certain nights of the week and it never changed. Mom always knew what to buy the store and what it was going to be used for and we always knew what’s for dinner.😅
Hello, A lot of people either would not believe me or think that this is just plain disgusting. American grocery stores toss out millions of pounds of still-high-quality food right into their pails/dumpster. Depending on the store, such as Aldi, a lot of the food is in its original container or bag and is still good and highly consumable. I have done this for almost a year now, have NEVER gotten sick, and hardly buy any food now. You need to exercise common sense and good judgment. I am 100% convinced that if department stores, grocery/convenience stores (such as Dollar General (don't even get me started)) would donate instead of toss out...we would have no lack. Personal household waste, now that's also a humongous problem that most every individual needs improvement in. God bless ❤
Wow I needed that reminder that they are the most important work I am doing. Raising my kids. Being their for them My relationship with them. Thanks for that reminder.
A great way to save is to start an extended pantry. When I find items that we normally use on sale I buy extra, this way everything eventually is purchased at a lower price and we never have to run to the store for something we have ran out of in the kitchen. A big way to save is to stop buying already prepared foods, especially convenience foods. Even more so for the prepared foods is canned goods. Start canning yourself and save the extra fee of having it pre-canned. Yes you have to buy the jars, but they pay for themselves basically on the first use and it is so much better for the environment. I can meat too soup and it saves a ton and for those that don't know, canned soup is very toxic. I taught my husband and son to cut their own hair and I also do my own. I don't source anyone else to do any of my own grooming, nails, eyebrows etc. Another saver for this expensive time for groceries is to make basic meals. People make these complicated entrees that takes ten to twenty ingredients and it's just not necessary. It is estimated that people throw away almost have of the food they purchase because of waste. I have gotten to the point where I don't make anything new until we eat what we have or I freeze it for a lunch to grab and go for my son and husband. We also never buy snack foods, they're expensive and not healthy. If we want a "snack food" we make it from scratch. Almost everything my son grew up needing was from the thrift store for over 13 years. A trick for this is to buy the items ahead for the years to come. I would find things he would need for clothing over the next couple of years and put them in a tub for years down the road. He was always the best dressed and a lot of the items were 1/20 of the store price. A major part of this is also teaching your kids to understand they shouldn't live by brands and trends. He couldn't even tell someone what three shoe brands or jean brands there are, he could care less. Living a life of contentment and loving the Lord brings joy everyday.
Be careful buying from thrift stores as they can be more expensive than in the shops , We buy as much as possible second hand , look for free stuff on market place or local adds , buy meat in bulk when on sale , ask family and friends if they have the item your looking to buy so you can borrow or be gifted it , get together with other mums and swop children's clothes, toys, bedding or stuff for yourself , look for goods that are graded as they have imperfections . works out so much cheaper , cook a few meals in advance so that you use your oven less so saving money, trips out take your own food , find hobbies that cost very little or are free, stop paying for expensive after school activities ,
Reuse the bags cereal is in within the boxes as waxed paper - like for making chocolate-covered strawberries or evening out Rice Krispies treats, etc. I then use the actual empty cereal boxes to fill with small trash - it's easier for me to discard things in smaller containers whenever possible rather than haul out a huge heavy garbage bag.
A lot of good tips but many are unfortunately too time consuming and because of that not very economical. It’s possible this can work better for someone who is unable to work outside home but if you are able to get a job would be better. I still use my dryer and other time saving measures in the home because I then can work witch brings in a lot more than what I would have if I used my time on mending clothes and the like. But once I did all of these things as a stay at home mom until I realized that I was using my time unwisely… essentially not valuing my time properly
Not wasting tons of time and money watching TV, being on social media apps on your phone, and having excessive beauty appointments are ALL both economical AND time saving…which was the majority of what I mentioned in the video and easily can be applied for a stay at home mom or if you’re working 🤷♀️
@@JuliannaStyles the stuff you mention in your comment is leisure. I am talking about what is economical to do if I person is interested in saving money. If you look at money as time. What would your time be worth per hour, per week, per year. Generally doing frugal things of the types you describe would leave you with very little when you factor in the time you spend on it. The time investment when put into a job would yield much more. I say this because I was doing similar things as you are just spinning in place until I abandoned that plan and started swapping my time with work that pays more and has benefits like retirement saving etc. I was eventually able to start investing and today I don’t need to work if I don’t want to. Being frugal is great but they are ways of doing it where economic benefit to effort ratio is higher. In my experience is being frugal, bargaining doing research around large purchases and just refraining from buying unnecessary stuff. Things that do not cost me time or where the time investment is worth it. Mending clothes and doing extensive planning and couponing around groceries, making all the meals from scratch etc. is not it, because the time effort is substantial. It is also important to have leisure time and activities. If some women like to do beauty treatments, watch TV or whatever else to take care of themselves and enjoy life… they should do that. Not all people who enjoy life in this way are automatically financially irresponsible. When I take care of myself I am able to be more productive… get more resources for me and my family. I am also a better mom and a better friend as well as coworker.
Whereas I love thrift stores, often major department stores have highly reduced clothing prices at the end of winter or summer. For example, I shopped winter coats mid-February at Penneys and found coats reduced from $180 to $19.00. I stocked up. My jeans too can be under $10 on clearance. The trick is to buy what you need and not buy just because items are deeply marked down.
