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Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

1375: Simple and Frugal Can be Different Things by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Simplifying Your Finances

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Dawn Starks of SimpleMoney talks about the difference between simple and frugal. Episode 1375: Simple and Frugal Can be Different Things by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Simplifying Your Finances Dawn Starks has been a financial planner for over twenty years. Her aim with financial planning work has always been to simplify things for clients. Making concepts easier to grasp and less scary is the goal. Dawn's SimpleMoney project - the blog, podcast, and soon-to-be courses and book is a co-project with her husband Greg. The original post is located here: https://simplemoneypro.com/blog/simple-frugal-can-different-things/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1375.

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Simple and frugal can be different things.

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By Dawn Starks of Simple Money Pro.com.

0:13.6

And happy Monday to you.

0:15.1

I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast,

0:18.0

Diana Merriam.

0:19.4

This is the show where I read to you

0:21.2

from some of the best personal finance bogs on the web, with the author's

0:24.9

permission of course.

0:26.7

For now, let's get right to today's post as we optimize your life. Money Pro.com. Let me begin with a disclaimer. On the road to get to where I am today, I have

0:47.8

experienced several times when our household finances were not so awesome.

0:53.0

I've had experience on both sides of this issue.

0:56.4

For many years, we practice extreme frugality.

0:59.7

Now, thankfully, we don't need to do that anymore. Our focus now is on simplicity. I've learned

1:06.4

that frugality and simplicity can be related but they can also be very different.

1:11.3

Grocery shopping is a great example.

1:14.4

If you're practicing frugality, whether by necessity or choice,

1:18.2

you shop sales, stock up on sale items,

1:21.2

use coupons, and shop at multiple stores.

1:24.4

All of these are excellent ideas to help you save money,

1:27.8

but following these practices is far from simple.

1:31.4

I cannot stand to shop at all, so it was sheer torture for me to follow these frugal practices.

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