Is it important for you to be thrifty?
By Curlann
@annierose (21583)
Philippines
December 6, 2008 8:58pm CST
Given the spiralling cost of commodities these days, it would be wise to be thrifty. But of course, this virtue should be practiced at all times and not only during hard times.
Sadly, some people now do not value thrift. They fail to see the importance of frugality. To a certain degree, it hones our qualities like creativity and resourcefulness. A frugal person learns how to make do of whatever available materials he has. Out of a humble newspaper, he sees a book cover, a gift wrapper, and a lot of other possibilities.
Patience and perseverance are also enhanced when one is frugal. This is particularly true when one saves time and effort. Such person knows how to balance quality and time spent. It is all right to spend a sizeable amount of time accomplishing something, as long as one does it right and well enough.One knows that failure to do so means costly repetition resulting in lost of wasted time, effort and materials.Wealth and success ultimately come after thrift. By this, I mean growth and achievement through the realization that everything big or small is important. Weather or not the resources are plentiful or otherwise, it has to be used wisely.Careful management of resources is essential to survive.
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10 responses
@soulist (2985)
• United States
16 Feb 09
I do like to be thrifty even more so now that I am trying to save my money for many different reasons. One is to get our own house, then for our wedding and then after that is to be causious and save money for the future. I budget things.
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@Archangel31 (192)
• United States
8 Dec 08
Well, I believe everything we have is a gift from God - whether one wants to believe in such a being or not.
Therefore....I think it's irresponsible to waste anything - especially in such uncertain economic times. So yes, we should be thrifty. But, that shouldn't keep us from being generous with what we have.
There are roughly 6.7 billion people on this planet, and the majority of them are in grave need. If we can help, we should - even if that means giving significantly of our time and possessions.
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@doingit4fun (917)
• United States
7 Dec 08
I am thrifty. I have money and can buy anything I want within reason but I don't just go and spend money. I think twice before buying anything. People who spend without thinking get in trouble in bad times. Like now people who are hurting the most who didn't save money. I have taught my children to be thrifty and they make a wise decision before spending money.
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@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
7 Dec 08
Being thrifty is very important and I would keep on being thrifty even if I win the lottery. There is no glory in wasting money. Cheers!!
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
7 Dec 08
Oh goodness, yes. I have to be as frugal and thrifty as I can as two of us are living on my military retirement alone, and that is not a very large amount at all.
I buy the bare minimum for food and stretch it as far as I can, and I also have my heat turned down and bundle up. Right now I've got the thermostat set to 62* in here at least until Tom gets up, and then I will turn it up to 64*. Even with that, this place is insulated so poorly that the furnace is running an average of 50 minutes at a time, then goes off for only 6-8 minutes and then off again.
I don't think I can be any more thrifty than I am now, but even if my financial situation gets better, there won't be much I will change.
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@333tangtang (404)
• China
7 Dec 08
hello annierose
well i think it's important for anybody to be thrifty.not about just you and me.
nowdays sources getting less and less what if we do not going to thrifty,we will ok now,but will be in troubles for our kids or our grandson in future.
a lot of foreigners they come to china got a job,they waste a lot stuff here in china,because it's the price is cheap.but the socurse is gone down.they just think about well,,,i paid for it,its ok..it does not hat expensive.though
hmmm.....
they never turn off theri TV or AC while they are go out shopping or to work.very strange to me..but do your guys does this? keep your TV and lights on while you are not at home?
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@dreamjapan (409)
• Japan
7 Dec 08
I have become more thrifty over the past few years. And now that my husband is ill and can't work full time I have to find a way to be more thrifty. One thing that I do is bake, I have four kids, two are teen boys who would eat all day if I let them. But I have found that by having a few cookies around or cupcakes that they can help themselves to really helps. I shop for the ingredients when they are on sale, tend to stock up so I have enough for a month or so. For the price of a small pack of about 12 cookies I can make about 30 or 40 cookies. Also my husband has kidney problems so he has to cut back on protien, when I started to weigh how much meat he can have at one serving I realised that we were eating far to much meat, fish, chicken etc so we have cut back on that as well. We no longer have satelite TV which is a saving of about $30 a month and I stopped getting the newspaper which saves $20 a month. Kids clothes come from recyle shops, this last summer I get a beautiful Laural Ashely dress for my daughter for $2.00. She loves this dress and it is a bit big so should be okay for next year as well.
I am always looking for more thrifty ideas so if you have any please share!!
Jacks
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@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
7 Dec 08
yes, i think this is a very important value to us and in order for us to succeed in life, we must learn to appreciate thriftiness. thriftiness does not only apply to money but also many other things that we do so that we do not let things go to waste or abuse them. only them can we learn the importance that is necessary for us to be a better person. i was once a wasteful person and now after going thru so much, i realised my stupidity and wrong value and now i have been a much more controlled and thrifty person and learn that we must not waste resources and if possible, i will recycle them.
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@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
7 Dec 08
It is very important to be thrifty everytime and i was trying to practice this habit even we are in a defficult situations of money matter. Now a days because of this coming season i am trying to save but it can never happen, these days my kids need to buy some clothes, gifts and things, like projects in their school. To save some small amount is needed especially the coming 2009 for my students. I have a child to be finish her primary level. They have lots of requirements to settle.
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@Thumper11 (662)
• United States
7 Dec 08
I agree, with the price of everything going up, we have to watch what we spend. If we can cut back anywhere, it leaves more for the things that we can't cut back on. I am on food stamps, which helps, but I still cut coupons, get freebies and samples whenever possible, and I still bargain shop. I buy my clothes at goodwill, second hand shops, thrift stores, and consignment shops. My really good clothes that I want to get rid of go to consignment shops, the rest is donated to the women's shelter that I volunteered for, so that someone else in need can benefit from them. I buy everything in one trip if at all possible, so that I don't have to burn more gas than necessary. I look for cheaper ways to get things. I almost always get things as cheaply as I can. I have been in debt for a little while now and I am working on paying it off. I am about halfway there, maybe a little more... I hope to have everything paid off by this time next year, so I am on sites like this to make extra money so that I can pay these things off. It is frustrating when you have to take on a basic job online just to make ends meet, but as long as there's a will, there's a way.
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