adults

Treat yourself like a child to be more grown up

Posted July 21, 2008 - 04:46 by Philip Brewer

Frugal Living

Parent and child

This post is about repurposing a trick that grown-ups use to manage a child's wants. You know the one. It starts with pointing at a substitute. Then, the grown-up frames one of two questions, such that the answer is always "you don't need one."

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Strategies for households with more than one adult

Posted February 2, 2008 - 06:55 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Career and Income

Adults around the breakfast table with multiple iBooks

The strategy for households with a single adult can be disposed of in the first paragraph: Earn enough money to buy everything your household consumes, plus provide through direct labor all the other needs of your household. Add one or more additional adults to the mix, though, and your options expand considerably.

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