by Cassie Howard | Apr 19, 2017 | Blogging |
I’ve been thinking a lot about how my life is so different from how it was just a few short years ago. Everything has changed. Everything has improved. Everything is better. And I’ve just been reflecting back on how quickly that all shifted for me. Not very long ago, I used to be of the mindset that money was to be saved, and held on to for dear life, and that you needed to try to get a deal on everything, otherwise you were a sucker. I remember doing an interview one day for the local newspaper (about my frugal living/couponing website), and they asked me if I would still clip coupons if I won the lottery. And I said YES. Except, that would never happen because I don’t play the lottery. But also, how the hell would I know just how exactly I would respond if I ever somehow came into a large sum of money? But because all I knew at the time was frugality and stingy-ness, it’s no surprise I said that I would totally continue being an extreme couponer if all of a sudden a wave of money fell into my lap. It’s funny how things can change, isn’t it? It was just over 2 years ago that I stopped clipping coupons (I was still super frugal, though!). I’d switched to eating a plant-based diet and was eliminating shitty foods, and also chemical-ridden household & personal products, from my life. And can you guess what the majority of my coupons were for? Yep. So, after 7 years of being an avid couponer, I gave up...
