One of the things that I noticed catching up with our budgeting is that our budget is totally out of whack now that we don’t pay rent, don’t pay for phone and internet, don’t pay for energy, and don’t have to pay that much for my commuting. Just take a look at how our new [...]
As of writing this post, I have been bike commuting exclusively now since the beginning of September. I have not been able to ride every day during that time frame because I was sick for about a week in early October (and my wife made me drive) and we house sat for friends who live [...]
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I am currently in my third week of bike commuting and, sore tush aside, I am pretty happy with this experiment in frugality. I can make the 12 mile commute home in just about 45 minutes, which gets me home faster than riding the bus. In fact, I like to think of myself as [...]
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Tracking your expenses is an important part of setting up a budget that is effective at predicting future expenditures and educating you on your current progress. There are a few different styles that people employ to do this, but I don’t want to get into that discussion now. What I want to do [...]
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