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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

violetpastille

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1. I want to

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:33 AM

Jan 2019

Be more self sufficient and get closer to a gift economy rather than a growth economy that relies on trading ecologicial and social resources for $.

Saving money is not quite as big a motivator as being independent of it.

And for me less spend = less worry.

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