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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you going to just swim through your gold coins like Scrooge Mcduck?

I mean, I get it, prices are very inflated.  But making yourself into a miser as a one person protest isn’t going to change that.  It’s just going to isolate you, make you grumpy and cause you to miss out on cool things in the prime of your life.  [/quote]

Frugality is liberating. It speeds up your path to financial independence, it allows you to unchain yourself from consumerism, and to spend more time on productive activities that are free or cheap. [/quote]

Not one mention of fun anywhere in there.  
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There are plenty of ways to have fun while being frugal. Frugality doesn't have to be about spending as little as possible, just about not spending more than you need to.

For example I love to play golf. Many people I play with spend thousands of dollars every couple of years to buy new clubs. I've spent about $400 on clubs in my entire life. My first set I got off freecycle and after I had a few years experience under my belt I went to Second Swing and got a nicer $400 set that was a few years old which I've been playing for several years and will continue to play for years to come.

Any good golfer will tell you your score is 99% your skill and 1% your equipment. Back in the 60s Arnold Palmer was doing things with hickory clubs nobody I play with will ever come close to no matter how much they spend on the latest gear. Is there anything wrong with spending thousands on gear every year if you have the money? Absolutely not, but there's no need to. I'm having just as much fun as my buddies while spending a fraction of the money. That's being frugal but still having fun. [/quote]

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