Being thrifty ..

I do that - taking out the unused pages from older diaries and cutting them to smaller units. Some make my monthly notepad - a rough booklet used to keep track of time, and some others to make lists of purchases etc. I dont do that to save on money though. I feel that these would eventually get wasted and I prefer to use them instead of lying blank. I dont drive too much these days. Health reasons apart, I feel my duty towards the environment and as such I use shared cabs (autos in India). I also try saving electricity and ensure turning off fans and lights when not in use. Not for cutting down electricity bills again. But I see it as a power saving thing. We have too much of power failures. Now, you might be wondering, why I am giving the other reasons. The reason is I never have been a saver of money. I always have been more of a spendthrift. I would never have bothered about these, if things were normal at my end. My wife however is better, in fact very good when it comes to saving. But I mostly fail to see the good.... I mean, how good is saving a few rupees if you continue wearing a sandal that has problems?

One of the activity which I follow while shopping is not to ask for plastic bags for which the shopkeeper asks for some money. I carry my own bag which helps me save money

yes we reuse paper, too. we either cut them up to make notepads/scratch papers to list things or write notes/reminders/labels, or use the back when we print stuff (not the important documents that need to be mailed or filed, of course).

I can say the same as @MALUSE. Swiss population behave like this, Swiss believes that only thrifty people can understand the value of money and then make money. This is the only country where I have never found a cent on the floor.

I'm not particularly thrifty, but I use old envelopes for lists, and use the backs of junk mail for writing.

@LadyDuck Lol you forget us . Even in india you wont even find a penny in the road. People even takes metal pieces and sells it at metal shop. is their such people in your country. Lol! Incredible India is thus made.

I wouldn't go that far to be thrifty. Especially as a notebook is only 17 cents. I am thrifty but not buying what I don't absolutely need. I'd rather put extra money towards the bills than buy extra things.

It is always good to reuse anything reusable. I admire the thriftiness of your friend. I think I will do the same. Thanks for sharing.

I don´t spend too much money in clothes although I buy good garments that will last. The same goes for shoes. I cook my own food and can do it for guests with little expense. And I never throw away leftovers.

I did that also from those notebooks of my daughter from her high school notebooks , when she finally went to a far city to study college . We really have to strategize and make use of those blank pages .

I'd like to value the money instead of wasting. I wasted too much during my younger days, but now I am careful.

Today we all know that what is situation of cost inflation. So we have make behavior of thrifty because without this we will not get some extra money for our good future. In today's environment there are no limit of expenses. Every where costly to costly things are present like you want to buy shirt then you buy it 500 rupees or 5000 or 50000 it depends on you that how much you are save your money by some thrifty. Use recycling behavior which is useful for u as well as for Earth and this is also ethical.

I am thrifty,because I have to be,if I made a lot of money...dunno what I would do with it except payoff my debts.

This is like waste management. I often make certain decorative items for my home using old and discarded materials. I last made a flower using old X-rays. That's wealth out of waste.

I use the bills envelopes that come in the mail to write my lists on..I take snips of plants i like instead of buying them

Yes, I have heard some stories of how miserly some rich people have been. It is sort of odd. I am not one of these types at all.

Not surprising to me because I know of many rich people who are very thrifty. They will not spend more than necessary, and they like to eat simple. They always have to entertain their business associates, and they have to bring their guests to restaurants. So they cut back on lunch. Some of them have apples for lunch, and some just have rice with two simple vegetables for lunch.

I believe she is right. Nature has limited resources, and everything that we create such as paper, uses up trees. Trees take long time to grow, and you know that they give us oxygen when we need it. Moreover, the process to make those papers is energy consuming. Therefore, we need to conserve trees, as well as energy, and reduce pollution too. I don't see why it should be wrong at all considering that we would be saving the world for the next generation. In fact, it is very nice of you to have shared it here. More people will learn to do that.

I reuse paper, I never let my kids throw away unused sheets of paper. I also recycle them. I compost my kitchen waste and use them on my veggie patch. I also am very careful about carry my own bags for grocery shopping. I never bring more plastic or waste money on them.

I do the same. I cut up any blank paper and use as a notepad. I also reuse any plastic or other containers to start seeds for my garden