Learning to Live Frugally

Gather essential tips for changing your habits and priorities to help reduce your financial strain. Learn where your money is going and how to budget. Uncover hacks for reducing your grocery bills, clothing, and household purchases. We will share what our family has done, as well as invite guest bloggers to share their knowledge and expertise.

Frugal Living

Cultivate a mindset focused on living simply, and learn how changing habits and priorities can lower your monthly budget.

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More Affordable Alternatives, Discounts, and/or Free Items

Here you’ll find ideas, items, and resources that our family has found to help reduce our overall budget. This section offers valuable information for those needing specific links to help lower the costs of family life, such as shoes, household items, etc.

Introducing my new Book

One Income and Thriving

An introductory ebook for families considering or have recently made the transition of going down to one income as they raise children

This book serves as our family testimony, guidebook and workbook all rolled into one. Learn if staying home is right for you, how to talk to your spouse, concepts of lifestyle changes, mindset, budgeting, and more.

Change Your Habits

Here, we delve into practical skills, tips, and strategies essential for lowering your cost of living by changing your habits. Changing how much you eat out, what you do for entertainment, etc. Altering how we consistently spend money can end up dramatically saving you money.

Gaining a New Mindset and Priorities

This area of content covers everything from how you view consumerism, minimalism, and adjusting your budget to match your family priorities. Whether you’re new to living frugally, or have been doing this for years, this section will offer you a chance to expand your knowledge and remind you of what you feel is important to your family.

Budgeting

This crucial area of content offers guidance on budgeting, and managing finances specific to the unique needs of families that have chosen to live on one main income. Since I am not a financial expert, this will be based off of our families experience, as well as guest blog posts that are more versed in financial technicalities. If you are needing deeper assistance with getting out of debt, or other more complicated matters, I suggest finding a financial counselor who can walk you through this.