The Art of Frugal Hedonism

A tweak here, a twiddle there; every strategy in The Art Of Frugal Hedonism has been designed to help you target the most important habits of mind and action needed for living frugally but hedonistically. Apply a couple, and you'll definitely have a few extra dollars in your pocket and enjoy more sunsets. Apply the lot, and you'll wake up one day and realise that you're happier, wealthier, fitter, and more in lust with life than you'd ever thought possible.

Foreword ...... 91. Create your own normal2. Relish3. Be materialistic4. Have a lot of things you want to do with your freedom5. Hate waste6. Recalibrate your senses7. Have an open relationship with recipes8. Don't be a sucker9. Stop reading those magazines10. Romanticise other eras11. Beware Fake Frugal12. Enjoy excess13. Listen to the Habit Scientists. Yes, they have those now.14. Don't buy drinks15. Find free 'third' places16. Don't think about money17. Revel in the good brain chemistry of resourcefulness18. Grow your own greens19. Get in touch with your inner hunter-gatherer20. Indulge your curiosity21. Don't be a selfish %$*#22. Remember the world of 1950s' sci-fi23. Swot up on the history of work24. Bring a bag25. Notice when you have enough26. Reinvent Christmas28. It won't be dull. We promise29. Do business with friends30. People who need people are the luckiest people in the world31. Have a fine ol' peasant time32. Put on your favourite power anthem, and be the zeitgeist33. Travel cheap34. Liberate yourself from the terror of grime35. And a wee tiny comment on condiments36. Undercomplicate things37. Figure out what you really do enjoy spending money on38. Free up your frivolity39. Limit the burden of choice40. Don't be a snooty bum bum41. Self-propel42. Have less house43. Let yourself be grossed out44. Acclimatise to the seasons45. Some notes on style46. Save (on) the children47. Don't give up just because you gave in48. Bow down before the nanna and get ahead of the curve49. Give something50. Sup at the cultural buffet51. Look up, think about constellations. Look down, think about magmaFurther resourcesSource material