Comments on: Simple Living and Reducing Stress – Part I

By: Simple Living and Reducing Stress Part IV « Notes From The Frugal Trenches - A Downshifting Journey

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:25:35 +0000

[...] Step 1 was to focus on your finances [...]

By: poor boomer

poor boomer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:23:41 +0000

I’m not allowed to build an emergency fund.

A student loan garnishment takes 15 percent of my $1004 monthly income, after which I am living on fumes and foiod stamps.

Student loan collections have no provision for emergency fund.

By: Simple Living and Reducing Stress Part III « Notes From The Frugal Trenches - A Downshifting Journey

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:33:13 +0000

[...] Way back when I started this series to share how I got out of a rut, I started with step one, getting your financial picture mapped and then step two which was getting healthy. Getting healthy and having your energy levels up [...]

By: Link Love - The super flu edition « Living My Rich Life

Link Love - The super flu edition « Living My Rich Life — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:47:45 +0000

[...] from the Frugal Trenches posted a series on simple living and reducing stress. This is what I’m all about at the moment, so I read her series with [...]

By: Gill

Gill — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:13:38 +0000

as always great writing……..

Gill in Canada

By: Simple Living and Reducing Stress - Part II « Notes From The Frugal Trenches - A Downshifting Journey

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:14:00 +0000

[...] Stress – Part II So, when I first began I focused on financial stress & getting your financial picture mapped. After I accomplished this, I really wanted to get my house in order – reduce clutter, etc, but I [...]

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:22:13 +0000

hey there. Great post with lots of useful info. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve ‘sort of’ tagged you

By: FruGal

FruGal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:40:05 +0000

Excellent idea, as usual! Can’t wait to read the rest

By: neimanmarxist

neimanmarxist — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:08 +0000

great post. we did this about 10 months ago. it was pretty painful, but we’d had our heads in the sand precisely because we didn’t want to find out just how bad the situation was. ever since, the situation has been improving. hoo-rah!

By: Queen of Fifty Cents

Queen of Fifty Cents — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:13:18 +0000

Excellent suggestions! Living frugally without debt is the biggest stress reducer I know. One of the best things we’ve done is to keep track of every penny we spend. We keep a little notebook in the kitchen drawer and just jot down any cash each day, and I put it in Quicken once a week. You really get a picture for where your money is going.

I highly recommend the book Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin–great for planning your financial independence!