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Thought of a question to ask the group...
..just out of pure curiosity, what is your primary reason or motivation to be frugal?
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Primarily to save money, but other reasons motivate me too. | |
3 (27%) |
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Primarily to reduce my use of energy/resources, but saving money doesnt hurt. | |
3 (27%) |
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I was influenced by someone who lived through the great depression, it's habit. | |
2 (18%) |
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All of the above equally. | |
1 (9%) |
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None of the above/other (please kindly explain in a post below). | |
1 (9%) |
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I don't like polls. | |
0 (0%) |
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I like pie. | |
0 (0%) |
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Undefined optional response #8. | |
1 (9%) |
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42 | |
0 (0%) |
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None of your business. | |
0 (0%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Thought of a question to ask the group... (Original Post)
NeoGreen
Jan 2019
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violetpastille
(1,483 posts)1. I want to
Be more self sufficient and get closer to a gift economy rather than a growth economy that relies on trading ecologicial and social resources for $.
Saving money is not quite as big a motivator as being independent of it.
And for me less spend = less worry.
safeinOhio
(33,957 posts)2. Old and on a fixed income.
The more I save, the more I can travel.
quakerboy
(14,125 posts)3. Because I see no reason not to
I am inadvertently frugal most of the time. If I want to do something less frugal I do, but I find most of what people spend lots of money on to be.. unnecessary, at best. And Im not going to follow suite just to be like everyone else.