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[quote=Anonymous]To me the way to be frugal is to recognize that almost everything is a want and then rank everything else according to your values, whether your values are not replacing things that still work, or aesthetics, or caring more about the master bath than the kitchen or any combination. What combination of comes out that exercise will be unique to OP and her family. I think owning her own values and acknowledging she can't have everything (she said bummer above so it seems she's doing this) is the key. And I don't necessarily mean writing a list, although you can, but having a mindset. I think she's already done most of this exercise by coming here and posting in this forum. For what it's worth, my kitchen is a mess, but it's not important to me. I know and own what else is important to me, which is how I know it's not right for me to update it now. Doesn't mean that's not right for someone else with their values and constraints.[/quote]
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