All of this time folks are spending to save 5 bucks here, 40 bucks there: Spend it learning a marketable skill. Take an online course. Earn a certificate. Spend that time looking for a better job.
The time being wasted in /r/frugal is frankly astounding. You wouldn't need to be concerned with saving 10 dollars a year on hardboiled eggs if you took the effort you put into finding a more frugal egg-boiling technique into learning a skill that actually pays a decent wage.
My advice is be frugal by spending your time on improving yourself. The core tenant of being frugal is being effective. Well, there is something far more efficient than trying to save 50 dollars a year on bottled water. There are things that you can focus your effort on that will pay off far more than nickle-and-diming your life in inane ways.
I apologize if this comes off as condescending. I am just trying to provide a seriously needed reality check to this subreddit.
February 21, 2018 at 08:50AM
