I did the super-frugal approach you describe to get myself out of debt after
school. Even though I didn't have great paying jobs, I was able to get rid
of college debt in just a couple years.
But I just couldn't keep it up. I missed eating at nice resturaunts. I
missed buying good quality meat from a real market instead of the mega farm
junk at supermarkets. (Just looking at Perdue chicken gives me the willies.)
I missed vacations. I still live frugally by American standards, but I don't
sweat buying stuff. I do drool over that Audi A4 I'm not going to have
though.
-Kevin
> We're nursing along a 1991 Ford Explorer right now, instead of going out
> and financing a new vehicle. So that monthly car payment is saved.
> We spend about $1-4 per meal, every day. We barely ever eat out, we shop
> in bulk. Never pay more than $1 a pound for chicken breasts ... all
> kinds of things like that.
> We just started living like this back in November ... and in those few
> short months, the money saved is incredible.
>
> So we'll do it. Because I said we will, and come hell or high water ...
> it shall be done.
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