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Originally Posted by PrincessPerky
I often think how frugality managed to get a bad name..partly due to some oddballs (who hasn't heard of the woman spending hours collecting tons of junk, and refusing to toss an old shirt no matter how many holes it had?), but also partly due to some simple misconceptions. Just because you pass up a treat doesn't mean you are suffering, and in many ways it is good for you health wise. Priorities, even if I had the cash to waste, I would still make many of the choices I do now.
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Frugality would get a better name if someone could figure out how to sell it to the masses and line their pockets with proceeds!
Making money requires convincing others to part with theirs - whether it be by paying you a salary, buying your product or service, by training them to be wasteful, or by coaxing them to consume more food, more luxury, more house square footage or whatever.
Nobody who wants your money is going to sing the joys of the frugal lifestyle. They'll tell you that your missing out on Godiva chocolates when you've just made a whole batch of the silkiest chocolate truffles for less than a buck and a half. And they''l keep whipping up the "make more, make more" frenzy so they can grab a bit more when they've got they're hand in your wallet.
Sure - consuming can be all kinds of fun if you can accept giving up your time, energy and independence so that you can join in and play the consuming game. I'd rather have full ownership of my mind, time, and energy and forgo the trinkets, doodads, and "status symbols" of the current moment - as well as the stream of garbage and packaging material waste that comes with them!
Lynda