The Frugal Five: #75
The Frugal Five: #75 With inflation on the rise and salaries not increasing, our ability to make ends meet keeps going down. Therefore, we must be more careful with our money. The Frugal Five is a series where we celebrate the daily or weekly activities that help us live a frugal life. 1- Celebrate Lunch Workplaces are getting more and more stressful each week. I find myself eating quickly and then spending the rest of my time working instead of refocusing. However, I was never ahead and felt so drained by the end of the week, that my weekends are spent recovering. So, I decided to take back my lunch break. I am packing healthy, beautifully packaged lunches and rewarding myself with some jazz music while I eat. This helps to relax me and allows me to think a little more clearly. I consider this frugal because I am packing my lunch, the jazz is free and above all my mental health is taken care of. 2- Earning Gift Cards I make it a habit to get onto the