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From Cath's Desk - Tuesday 1st August 2015
Hello Cheapskaters,
Welcome to another edition of The Cheapskates Journal.
I've been writing and putting this monthly newsletter together for 14 years. Fourteen years of sharing easy ways you can save money, time and energy every day. Fourteen years of sorting and checking recipes. Fourteen years of checking, editing and uploading your hints and tips. Fourteen years of making new friends.
But this month isn't just the anniversary of the Cheapskates Club.
It marks 21 years since Disaster Struck and our world turned completely upside down and inside out in just three days. It marks 21 years of us living the Cheapskates way, of stretching every dollar until it screams and begs for mercy. Twenty-one years of menu planning, shopping lists, buying in bulk, cooking from scratch, MOOing, growing our own food,
It marks twenty-one years of us controlling our finances and not the other way around.
This month is a celebration of our decision to ditch debt and start saving so we can live life debt free, cashed up and laughing.
When your debt seems overwhelming, when you don't know where to start or what to do, remember I've been in your shoes. I understand the frustration, the fear, the anger, the confusion and the desperation.
If we could pay off a mortgage and credit card debt and still raise our family the way we wanted to on one very irregular income you can too, but you must really want to because it's not easy. It will require commitment and sacrifice and determination. It will require creativity and dedication. To quote a certain TV ad, it won't happen overnight, but it will happen. You just need to do it (to paraphrase yet another advertising campaign).
Start living the Cheapskates way and watch your life improve straight away, I know you can do it!
Welcome to another edition of The Cheapskates Journal.
I've been writing and putting this monthly newsletter together for 14 years. Fourteen years of sharing easy ways you can save money, time and energy every day. Fourteen years of sorting and checking recipes. Fourteen years of checking, editing and uploading your hints and tips. Fourteen years of making new friends.
But this month isn't just the anniversary of the Cheapskates Club.
It marks 21 years since Disaster Struck and our world turned completely upside down and inside out in just three days. It marks 21 years of us living the Cheapskates way, of stretching every dollar until it screams and begs for mercy. Twenty-one years of menu planning, shopping lists, buying in bulk, cooking from scratch, MOOing, growing our own food,
It marks twenty-one years of us controlling our finances and not the other way around.
This month is a celebration of our decision to ditch debt and start saving so we can live life debt free, cashed up and laughing.
When your debt seems overwhelming, when you don't know where to start or what to do, remember I've been in your shoes. I understand the frustration, the fear, the anger, the confusion and the desperation.
If we could pay off a mortgage and credit card debt and still raise our family the way we wanted to on one very irregular income you can too, but you must really want to because it's not easy. It will require commitment and sacrifice and determination. It will require creativity and dedication. To quote a certain TV ad, it won't happen overnight, but it will happen. You just need to do it (to paraphrase yet another advertising campaign).
Start living the Cheapskates way and watch your life improve straight away, I know you can do it!
