It Is Difficult To Live Frugal But Not Hard (2026)

Saving money on difficult live frugal but does not have to be complicated. We rounded up the essentials so you can spend less and skip the guesswork.

Key Takeaways

• (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Few days back my car was serviced, after dropping it in, we headed for a festival we plan...
• It was just a regular servicing with oil change and tire rotation and inspection.
• The guy from the service center called me an hour later to let me know that the wiper blades need replacement.

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Few days back my car was serviced, after dropping it in, we headed for a festival we planned to attend. It was just a regular servicing with oil change and tire rotation and inspection. The guy from the service center called me an hour later to let me know that the wiper blades need replacement.

It was nothing I didn’t know, it was long pending, I always wanted to do it myself. Don’t know what happen in that exact moment, I agreed that they should replace my blades.

Problem here is, after reading on numerous blogs, and myself pitching for fixing your small problems with car or home yourself. I did agree for them to put a new wiper. When I returned to pickup my car in the evening, it was a hefty $25 charge on the invoice!

Two years back when I did replace wipers on my own, it costed me $8 for the pair at Wal-Mart. How did I miss on this occasion? If I think, problem is broader, it is difficult to stay frugal.

It is comparatively simple to stay frugal when you are living frugal to survive, than when you choose to be frugal to be rich.

If you are in debt, but not under a threat of bankruptcy, you struggle to stay frugal, you let occasional splurge or simple of living take over your frugal wishes. In case of my car wiper, I chose to let the service center do my wiper work because I thought I need peace of mind and I do not have much time to replace the blades myself.

So what happens to the frugal plans, the saving goals and path to financial freedom? I have no debt, I earn handsome salary, why should I waste a couple of weekend hours to save just $18 on wiper blades? I wasted just $9 per hour, not bad!

Replace me with a man with a paltry income and high debt, would he let $18 be wasted? probably he wouldn’t, in fact he shouldn’t.

I was reading a blog (I couldn’t remember which blog was that, it was in blogger domain) where author mentioned loosing weight is so simple, yet, people struggle to lose weight. Unless a danger is imminent, we human beings, don’t put enough attention or enough will power in to following a difficult path, which deviates from the usual way we live in.

Our solution then, lies on the adoption of frugality in everyday life. Give me one answer, how people become successful? let me answer that, people become successful by pursuing their goal relentlessly. An Olympic champion becomes a champion after intense practice under scorching heat while we guys are spending time in AC rooms.

Hence, we might have found our answer to the question, how to continue to focus on frugality? it is by way of relentless drive, sacrifices and hard work. Like a successful person in any other area, in order to become successful in saving money, getting over debt etc , we need intense hard work, self-control and end-less perseverance.

We read blogs everyday by dozen, almost every one says the same thing, save money by doing this or by doing that. It’s presenting same thing with different packages, we read because we want to save tons of money, but, do we really think to the core of the issue?

Do you correlate your ‘would be’ action while you read a blog pitching for saving money? Do you practice frugality or just read it?

Better you start doing that, and do not waste much time in reading blogs just for the sake of reading. Reading blogs is just gathering requirements and getting guidance on design. You have to plan and execute your financial plan yourself.

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Do you have time to plan and execute your financial future? Remember, the best way to become rich is to find time to be rich. Even if you have a plan for future, do you know what you should do tomorrow to save a few cents more than today? Is every day laid out in your plan, like an athlete has a plan of daily exercise and practice target in order to get an Olympic medal?

In my example I didn’t have plan for that day, hence I succumbed to the trap of living trouble-free ‘Now’ and sacrificing future ease. I forgot I am young now, I can do all the hard work today, post retirement I probably can’t do these.

The sooner you realize, the better it is for your future and post retirement life. Make frugality your daily routine.

Food for thought: Perhaps you have plenty, so you don’t bother paying more and living lavishly, but think of billions of people struggling to get day’s food. If you consume more, in global economy, cost of commodities will increase, putting those people at higher risks of starvation and deprivation. Be a better human being, live frugal!

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Final Thoughts

The bottom line: a little research on difficult live frugal but goes a long way. Compare your options, watch for seasonal offers, and never pay full price when a better deal is one click away.

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