Who Needs Intention, Calm and Control in Their Life?

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I do.**raises hand** I’m relatively balanced, organized and productive BUT there are days or weeks when everything, literally, every single thing spirals out of control. The laundry keeps piling up, I keep yelling and barking at my loved ones, my body feels terrible and I have a constant headache. And that’s just the tip of [...]

How I Saved Over 50% on Hotel Bills – 5 Easy Steps for YOU to Do it Too!

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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”  ~ Augustine of Hippo  We LOVE to travel as a family and look forward to a couple of short vacations every year. Yes, working hard and playing hard. Since frugal travel is a priority for us, this year we thought [...]

Why Spending More is a Part of Living Frugally

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As a family who sticks very closely to a budget and believes in getting the maximum bang for our buck, we’re surprisingly owners of brands and products that are considered “expensive” or “luxury”. I realized this as I worked my way through an online business course I took last month and I had to identify [...]

5 Time Management Tips I Used to Save 5.5 Hours Every Week Last Summer {And How YOU Can Too!}

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Last summer, we’d given a lot of thought to sending Manini to a day camp for a couple of hours so that Mayank and I could get some work done. But then, we realized it was defeating her purpose of being at home, away from school, hanging with us, learning on her own, playing independently [...]