"But I paid good money for that!" It's a familiar feeling for anyone Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. But there is a cost to holding onto things you don't need.
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Being good with your money does not mean suffering and being stingy. The frugalista life is a stylish, creative and above all joyful existence.
Imagine Christmas Day without the discarded wrapping paper and the stress of storing a pile of brand new stuff. I gave up giving Christmas gifts years ago, and I've never looked back.
The average Aussie wedding costs an eye-watering $65,000, but budget-savvy bride Serina Bird spent less than $5000 to tie the knot in front of 200 family and friends.
Eight years after establishing Buy Nothing New Month, founder Tamara DiMattina is finally seeing a shift in the tide of consumerism.
The festive season is a time of joy. It's also a time of big credit card debt. You can avoid this with a no-spend Christmas instead, but you need to start having the conversation now.
Nic Turner and her family have ditched plastic, taken up minimalism and composting, and reduced their waste so much they fill just one garbage bin a year.
I was struggling to pay $430 a week rent on a house in the suburbs until my boys and I downsized and moved into our tiny house - a converted school bus.
At just 19, Kate Campbell plans to save $1 million over the next 20 years and retire on $40,000 a year, all thanks to the early retirement movement.
Working on high-end fashion publications during the day, I was spending up to $3500 a month on clothes. My shopping addiction had to stop.
