Meet the Frugalwoods

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Elizabeth Willard Thames

The deeply personal story of how award winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a meaningful, purpose driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty two with her husband and daughter.In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9 5 young urban professionals But the couple had a dream to become modern day homesteaders in rural Vermont Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money well over seventy percent of their joint take home pay Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached their goal Today, they are financially independent and living out their dream on a sixty six acre homestead in the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it s also what brings them peace and genuine happiness They don t stress out about impressing people with their material possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up with any Joneses In the process, Elizabeth discovered the self confidence and liberation that stems from disavowing our culture s promise that we can buy our way to the good life Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume ever products at ever higher sums.Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn t for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty two While not everyone wants to live in the woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have control over our time and money and lead meaningful, simplified lives Following their advice, you too can live your best life. Free Read Meet the Frugalwoods [ By ] Elizabeth Willard Thames [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 4 stars Meet the Frugalwoods is a book I ve been looking forward to About 2 years ago, a friend on Facebook who runs a group about finances recommend a blog in her group The Frugalwoods www.frugalwoods.com for anyone interested I read a ton of their blog posts and got some fantastic finance tips There were certain things I was never going to do, give up makeup, buying books, clothes ban etc, but I did participate in several no spend months and was able to cut my grocery bill pretty low a 4 stars Meet the Frugalwoods is a book I ve been looking forward to About 2 years ago, a friend on Facebook who runs a group about finances recommend a blog in her group The Frugalwoods www.frugalwoods.com for anyone interested I read a ton of their blog posts and got some fantastic finance tips There were certain things I was never going to do, give up makeup, buying books, clothes ban etc, but I did p...I have a lot of nit picky critiques of the book It barely escapes my dreaded millennial special snowflake tag And yet, I find the Thames story extremely inspirational In fact, while listening to an interview of the author on a podcast, I came up with a scheme to change our living situation drastically hopefully for the better and save a ton of money.So, I rolled my eyes reading her section on parenting children don t need things they just need your timeeasy for someone wi I have a lot of nit picky critiques of the book It barely escapes my dreaded millennial special snowflake tag And yet, I find the Thames story extremely inspirational In fact, while listening to an interview of the author on a podcast, I came up with a scheme to change our living situation drastically hopefully for the better and save a ton of money.So, I rolled my eyes reading her section on parenting children don t need things they just need your timeeasy for someone with one, quiet little girl to say sometimes any amount of money spent to keep the kids out of your hair, just for a few minutes, is well worth it Also her story drips with privilege She bends over backwards to acknowledge this...This book is basically rich people who play frugal and profit off of it When you bring in 4k per month in rental income plus income from a 250k job, you are not middle class I think the message of living within your means is important, but there s a differenc...Before reading this book, understand that you are going to be reading a memoir, not a step by step guide to frugality Also, this book will challenge your notions about what it means to live reasonably, and comfortably Personally, I loved the whole thing, and will probably will start looking at my own consumeristic tendencies, because even if I never get to the author s level, adding a bit of frugality to my life will not hurt Some people have criticized this book for using a literary voice fo Before reading this book, understand that you are going to be reading a memoir, not a step by step guide to frugality Also, this book w...One of the most frustrating personal finance books I ve ever read and I generally love learning about people s approaches to money Somehow manages to be condescending, deceptive, and self congratulatory all at once They re not retired he works from their rural home and she s a part time blogger SAHM His job apparently pays him over 200,000 a year, which makes any lack of haircuts and restaurant meals pretty small changes in the scheme of things Wouldn t have bothered me so much if she di One of the most frustrating personal finance books I ve ever read and I generally love learning about people s approaches to money Somehow manages to be condescending, deceptive, and self congratulatory all at once They re not retired he works from their rural home and she s a part time blogger SAHM His job apparently pays him over 200,000 a year, w...My husband bought me this book to get me excited about financial independence, and it worked This book is full of good personal finance information without being dry and number filled, and really reads like a novel Thames is a good writer concise, honest, thorough, and full of funny similes My husband and I are already pretty frugal, but Thames opened up my eyes to additional opportunities to be frugal and I can t wait to apply it to our budget Plus, her book isn t really about money, it s My husband bought me this book to get me excited about financial independence, and it worked This book is full of good personal finance information without being dry and number filled, and really reads like a novel Thames is a good writer concise, honest, thorough, and full of funny similes My husband and I are already pretty frugal, but Thames opened up my eyes to additional opportunities to be frugal and I can t wait to apply it to our budget Plus, her book isn ...I really enjoy the author s blog and have incorporated a lot of her ideas into my own life So, I was excited to read her book For some reason I thought it would beof a lifestyle book Maybe some frugal living ideas, recipes, etc The book was ok at best I felt like she came across as unintentionally preachy, without a true understanding of how the majority of our country lives She continually said that she knows how privileged she is to be able to make these choices, and then goes on t I really enjoy the author s blog and have incorporated a lot of her idea...I thought the book was well written as far as the prose are concerned, with several anecdotes that had me laughing out loud Unlike some other reviewers, I enjoyed her word choice But, the whole premise that this couple has achieved financial independence while both still work is a contradiction in terms in my view and diminishes the book s premise I get that the author stipulated that FI is definitional, but come on your husband works full time and you supplement with blog book money I also I thought the book was well written as far as the prose are concerned, with several anecdotes that had me laughing out loud Unlike some other reviewers, I enjoyed her word choice But, the whole premise that this couple has achieved financial independence while both still work is a contradiction in terms in my view and diminishes the book s premise I get that the author stipulated that FI is definitional, but come on your husband works full time and you supplement with blog book money I also was under the impression I would find some juicy nuggets regarding frugal living the author s moniker is frugalwoods after all that I could perhaps incorporate into my lifestyle Alas, there is a dearth of free yoga classes in my neck of the woods no pun , as if th...I ve read the Frugalwoods blog for about a year and a half, which details the frugal lifestyle of Elizabeth Willard Thames, her husband, and her daughter The blog mostly consists of money saving techniques so I expected a book by Thames to be much of the same I was pleasantly surprised that this wasmemoir style and told the story behind Thames ability to become financially independent at age 32 Thames is a talented writer and her story was really interesting I also app...This would have been a lotuseful to me thirty years ago But then, thirty years ago I was living paycheck to paycheck and could barely pay my way, let alone save money I was frugal by necessity.And as I ve gotten older, I stopped caring about material things very much I don t know if that s ju...

19 February 2018

Elizabeth Willard Thames