I Am Not Even a Little Bit Frugal. Here's Why

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Jesse grew up in a frugal family -- frugality for frugality's sake, as he describes it. As he has grown, discovered the YNAB method, and worked the four rules, he has come to a conclusion -- he is not even a little frugal! Frugality implies thrift, spending little money so as to conserve the resource. The idea is that spending money frugally is an effort to not waste money.

YNAB's four rules help you identify the things that matter in your life, however, the things you do want to spend money on. And once you have identified those things, Jesse challenges you to double down and spend more on the things that matter to you. As he has mentioned in other episodes, money is just an extension of you, and if money is you, then why would you want less of you in the world?

So Jesse is not frugal. Not even a little bit!

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0:00.0	Hello, Wynabers, tickets for the first event in our 2025 Wynab Fan Fest tour go on sale today.
0:08.3	Sometimes you need to be around people who just get it.
0:11.1	You can't just have me in your ears all the time.
0:13.1	You got to get out there and meet the people, right?
0:16.0	That's what this fan fest is all about.
0:17.9	We're heading to three cities across the country next year.
0:26.4	These are all-day events with keynotes, live Q&A, panel discussions, food, merch.
0:29.9	I don't know exactly what merch, but great merch.
0:35.1	Wineab personalities like myself and the other ones, the good ones, and so, so much more.
0:36.9	I've already blocked it off on my calendar.
0:38.3	I'm going to hit all of these.
0:45.7	Visit winab.com slash events today to buy your tickets to the San Diego fan fest out there in beautiful California. The tickets for Minneapolis and New York City will go on sale soon.
0:51.9	So sign up at the same link for notifications.
0:55.5	That's whinab.com slash events to get your tickets to San Diego or and or to sign up for
1:01.6	notifications to the Minneapolis and New York City events also.
1:06.9	Whynab.com slash events.
1:09.1	I cannot wait to see you there.
1:18.2	Hello, wine nabbers.
1:19.1	My name is Jesse Meekam with another episode of the YNAB podcast, and I am here each
1:22.2	week to obsess out loud about spending purposefully, saving aspirationally, and giving joyfully.
1:27.5	It all comes down to just four simple rules, and I am afraid those four simple rules have
1:32.0	made me absolutely not frugal, not even a little bit.
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