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Live like a hermit, walk or bike to work, don't buy anything you don't need, bath once a week, use more candles instead of lights, and cook your own food. Usually, if you find the slightly spoiled food you don't even have to pay full price, so extra savings.

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You can mock the values of thrift, but that doesn't invalidate them. So many Americans are enslaved by norms they never question--and many do not travel or experience much of other cultures, so they actually believe they can't have a happy life without a 2500 sq ft energy wasting suburban house, or a Ford F250 used primarily for commuting.

A radical look at one's consumption practices is a form of self-reflection. It can help some people who are trapped in a vicious cycle of overspending. In the same way that a fast from certain foods can spur a person to eat a better diet, a spending fast can re-set a person's ideas of what is necessary and/or fun.

You can mock slightly spoiled food; I'm gonna buy a whole case of the dented peaches because I know they make excellent jam....which I will happily sell at the farmer's market at a tidy profit.

Nice try, but...

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