what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

[SOAPPRO]

I read and sometimes reread messages and answers on this site and and it has helped me many times. It helped me a great deal when I was setting up my budget and cutting cost. What has SavingAdvice forums and this site done to help you?

[PRICEPLUS]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

Hope!!!!

[LuxLiving]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

Commraderie with like-minded people. Tips on methods and the crazy wild idea here and there - beets & corn mixed w/salad dressing. Starting my own $20 Challenge. Being able to support others in ways that I wish I had gotten as I began our struggles out of debt. Inspiration from seeing people far younger than me making sound financial decisions.

[tinapbeana]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

the joy of knowing i am not a miserly weirdo alone in the world, i am in fact a miserly weirdo in the company of great folks

seriously, just knowing i'm not the only frugal frugie in the world makes life easier, even though *sniff* i don't know that many IRL (and those i know are family & thus aren't privvy to a lot of the detail i share here). i guess you could say it's cathartic.

[JanH]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

A changed mindset and the feeling that it CAN be done. Loads of support. And the support is nonjudgemental. The feeling I'm not alone in this. As PP said: Hope.

[fairy74]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

A reaffirmation that spending every penny you own (and some you don't) to impress family, friends, relatives or co-workers is not normal but stupid and dangerous to your financial/emotional well-being

[rduell]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

I haven't been here that long but am already finding that it's a great place for inspiration and encouragement to keep on plugging along at being debt-free and saving for retirement.

[aurielle]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

This is where the cool kids play

[PrincessPerky]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

Learning isn't all done at once, for a kid to know the alphabet they hear it over and over, in many different books, they see it in the world, maybe several different adults point it out, and eventually it sticks, actually for the most part it is always stuck, the retrieval is the hard part.

Well the more times you stored it, and in the most places, the easier it is to retrieve it...more paths back so to speak.

And that has everything to do with this site, the more I read frugal ways, the more I read about like minded non joneses, the easier it is to retrieve that info while off at the store or trying to fudge dinner.

[Broken Arrow]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

That I am not alone. That is a very big deal.

That I am not crazy. Well, ok, maybe just a little.

That it's possible for the ordinary to reach for the extraordinary.

Thanks gang.

[lrjohnson]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

I've been inspired to do my Challenge.

I've been reminded to be grateful.

I'm wiht like minded folk that are sometimes hard to find in my "real" life.

I've gotten some nuts and bolt tips...Thrifty Ray's pork is in my crockpot now.

[Ima saver]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

I enjoy being with such nice people.The $20 challenge has been a great inspiration to me. To know that i could actually save over $18,000 so far this year without a job is a challenge that I want to continue you every year. The "freebies" have been fun too!

[MonkeyMama]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

Comraderie is great. Living in a society where I feel a little lazy because we are miles of ahead everyone we know, it is refreshign to come somewhere where I Feel challenged financially - LOL. & we totally needed it. Honestly, I still feel like we are behind. & you are all VERY motivating.

I have learned a lot as well.

[Ima saver]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

We have learned a lot from you too, monkeymama. I like that the interest rates on the best money markets are always updated.

[Diolla]

Re: what have you gotten out of reading the messages and answers on this site?

I like the way everyone here is so common sense and don't religiously follow this or that financial guru. I don't have to be so careful what I say but can count on the straight opinion of everyone here.