tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post4744357435344010200..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Things I Don't Do Because I 'm FrugalFrugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-33859800525226544082009-04-21T14:04:00.000-05:002009-04-21T14:04:00.000-05:00@Imogen--Great idea! My stuff isn't nice enough to...@Imogen--Great idea! My stuff isn't nice enough to merit that treatment.<br /><br />@Funny--So true. I don't think many people know how absolutely vertical a hierarchy academics is--matched only by the military, I suppose.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-21232713749379581002009-04-21T06:12:00.000-05:002009-04-21T06:12:00.000-05:00Good essay!
IMHO, those summer courses should be...Good essay! <br /><br />IMHO, those summer courses should be reserved for adjunct faculty, who <I>really</I> need the money! Given my adoration for teaching freshman comp, I'm figuring every $2,400 I make on side income is a section I won't have to teach. :-D<br /><br />What I don't buy is tchochkies. Partly that's a matter of taste: I don't care for stuff laying around the tabletops and bookcases. Partly it's convenience: who needs to dust all that junk? I limit the decorator items to a few pieces of relatively affordable nice stuff (three tiny Hopi pots, for example) or to things that perform a real function (lamps). Makes it a lot easier to clean house!Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-82473969127235247182009-04-15T22:22:00.000-05:002009-04-15T22:22:00.000-05:00I think not wasting money on things you don't need...I think not wasting money on things you don't need or don't work for you is a great way of being frugal.<br /><br />I've sold things on ebay and the like, now I just give them to a friend who sells them for me and takes a percentage.Imogen Lamport, AICI CIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796095692232856223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-12133142389751475282009-04-14T19:34:00.000-05:002009-04-14T19:34:00.000-05:00@Cubicle--You are a lot better at de-cluttering th...@Cubicle--You are a lot better at de-cluttering than I am. I read your blog for inspiration.<br /><br />@sallymandy--I will remember that motto--great!<br /><br />@Duchesse--Re your last sentence. You are so right about that. "Your Money or Your Life" does tend a bit to the hair shirt side of things. I love that book though.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-51264282167639895312009-04-14T18:03:00.000-05:002009-04-14T18:03:00.000-05:00Isn't this the insightful premise of the book "You...Isn't this the insightful premise of the book "Your Money or Your Life?" I have always been fascinated by what people think they 'have' to do (or have): "We have to own three cars, because the kids really don't like to take transit." On the other hand, I really resent when other people tell me what I need, or don't need.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-8825689522170032382009-04-13T23:57:00.000-05:002009-04-13T23:57:00.000-05:00I don't live in a big house because I don't want t...I don't live in a big house because I don't want to furnish/clean it. I requested a small diamond engagement ring because I didn't want to worry about losing it. I don't have a new car because I don't want to figure out all the electronic gadgets on it. Ditto DVD player. Oh, gee. I could go on and on. <br /><br />I'm basically lazy, I guess. Laziness + frugality = bliss.sallymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832828827048897372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-78911624159543740402009-04-13T18:41:00.000-05:002009-04-13T18:41:00.000-05:00Nice post, and I couldn't agree more. Rather than...Nice post, and I couldn't agree more. Rather than hassle with selling things on Ebay, or Craigslist, or Half.com, I love the fact that I can just up and decide to give something to someone who needs or just wants it when I no longer do. Or, I can just take a bunch of stuff down to the Goodwill and de-clutter en-mass. I never thought of it that way, but being frugal in other areas allows this.Over the Cubicle Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842722161649016062noreply@blogger.com