1782: How to Balance Simplicity and Frugality by Julianna Poplin of The Simplicity Habit on Minimalism & Finances

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

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Julianna Poplin of The Simplicity Habit teaches you how to balance simplicity and frugality Episode 1782: How to Balance Simplicity and Frugality by Julianna Poplin of The Simplicity Habit on Minimalism & Finances Julianna is a professional declutterer and writer at The Simplicity Habit. She writes to encourage and inspire women who want to simplify their homes and lives The original post is located here: https://www.thesimplicityhabit.com/how-to-balance-simplicity-and-frugality/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 1782, How to Balance Simplicity and Frugality
0:08.3	by Juliana Poplin of The SimplicityHabbit.com.
0:12.8	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:17.8	We're going to get right to today's post as we optimize your life.
0:21.8	How to Balance Simplicity and Frugality by Juliana Poplin of The SimplicityHabbit.com
0:35.6	I've run into some bumps along the way in my journey to simplify.
0:40.3	One of the problems I faced is how to try and balance simplicity and frugality.
0:47.1	For as long as I can recall, I've been a fairly serious bargain hunter.
0:52.2	I pride myself on finding the best deals.
0:55.7	I've gone to great lengths to find sales where I could also combine coupons to achieve the
1:02.4	ultimate deal. I enjoy challenging myself to see how little I could pay for a box of cereal or
1:08.8	a pair of pants. For the record, I've purchased cereal for under a dollar per box often,
1:15.6	and once bought four pairs of pants from Coles for a total of a dollar.
1:20.5	And yes, I save the receipt and even considered framing it.
1:24.8	In other words, I have spent a lot of time looking at sales flyers,
1:29.5	driving to multiple store locations, going to four to six groceries in one week to maximize
1:35.2	savings, and spent countless hours hunting online for the best price or coupon.
1:41.2	I've shopped at many a garage sale and even put on disposable gloves to basically dumpster dive
1:48.1	in a goodwill outlet. As I began examining ways to simplify, I had to look at this area of my life
1:56.4	because being frugal isn't always simple. Look at all the examples I just listed. I would say it
2:02.4	is rarely simple actually. To balance simplicity and frugality, ask yourself these questions.
2:10.2	How much time are you spending on it? Are you stressing yourself out? And what is it costing you?
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