Frugal/Minimalistic Living Thread

I am saving plenty of money. My rent is only $300/m and I spend about $150/m on food.

I do mturk for all my money. Currently in school and did not take out any loans for housing.

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bruh go on craiglist free section and pick up a free couch

I read this in Patrick Bateman voice

yeah op what do you think

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Minimalist doesn't mean poor and uncultured you fucking swine.

What is uncultured about OPs lifestyle?

only because you faggots are eventually going to help make me rich

freecycle.org

>OP on a date
>"Come over to my house babe"
>Opens door, odd silence.
>OP "Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?"

Lol tilapia is the most garbage fish you can buy its sourcing is disgusting. No wonder its cheaper than dirt, its fucking worth less

Not sure what is with all the psychopath-related jokes.

Is it seriously now considered psychopathic to live frugally?

I think it’s just weird that all u have in your living room is 3 chairs and a printer

This
you either pay more for better food when youre young
or you pay more for healthcare when youre old

he needs some cheap tapestry you can find at an auction. I found 2 paintings with decent frames for $2

Was a spoiled brat when growing up and don't care about materialistic shit anymore.
Aside from several mental issues I also developed a taste for a simple lifestyle, based on the most primal needs.
It basically lowers the requirements for making it (still fucking hate working).

cant follow you there op, i like stuff, i like big houses

my dream is to have a big comfy house with a nice car in front of it, all paid out of my own pockets and no mortage or anything

food is nice, but i'd rather have a vitamin pill and a glass of water than give up my materialistc goals

I'm frugal, but minimalism is probably the gayest mode of being you could practice. Do us a favour an burn yourself down to a few ounces of ash and fuck off for good

>cant follow you there op, i like stuff, i like big houses
the only big thing I want in life is my wife(s)'s bootys
>food is nice, but i'd rather have a vitamin pill and a glass of water than give up my materialistc goals
based

frugal living and tiny house, conditioning you to be happy with lower living standards than all other previous generations.

You're missing aestetics.

You're not wrong.
They farm striped bass and tilapia together.
They feed the striped bass.
They don't feed the tilapia.
Guess what it eats?

You're literally eating shit.

How to be a tasteless sociopath: a Jow Forums guide

Nothing is wrong with my apartment you retards.

Many people around the world would be happy to be living the way I am.

Is Jow Forums totally autistic?

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Not frugal enough. What do you need all that space for? Go live in a van.

as a bulking Jow Forumsizen with student income, this is pretty legit.
I cannot understand how students always cry they are too poor to get good food, so they have to eat shit tier frozen pizza / microwave stuff.

On the other hand, I'm one of the few who knows about nutrition and is aware of value/$ of certain foods.

Fuck... 95% of all people are just stupid retards

I used to have a bunch of shit but ended up not liking all the excess. Sold my 2600 sq ft house that only I was living in along with most of my possessions that I bought to fill the space in my home. Moved back into my parent's after renovating the upstairs of their detatched garage into a studio apartment. Looking for the right land right now to build a nice small place mortgage free.

ayyy what up Jow Forumsizen. Buying oatmeal, veggies, chicken and rice in bulk is GOAT. I also frequent /diy/ and /o/ to maintain my own shit. Saving money feels so good

This. All you need that is a little on the pricey side is spices/oils etc. Get the good shit, it lasts ages, then all you need is to buy fresh fruit and veg which is cheap as and get friendly with your local butcher for good quality and cheap enough meat

high quality olive oil is worth every cent.
unrefined pure stone salt, pepper, onions and garlic is everything I need
Maybe sriracha sauce but this lasts also pretty long.
a few $ per day and I have enough food to hit 1/2/3/4 plate lifts.

Who else living in their car?

Life is too short to live like that. Buy a couch, dummy. A nap on a couch on Sunday afternoon is a better use of your time and money than living on cheap plastic patio furniture. Start monitoring craigslist, there are dumb people giving away perfectly good furniture cheap, or even free.

There's /frugal, then there's autism.

I just don't waste money. If I buy something, i buy quality. If something breaks, I fix it myself, if I can. I live well, but not hedonistically. I eat well, but healthy food. I don't waste money on cable, movies, books, or video games - not when torrenting is a thing, and VPNs are cheap.

My budget is simple: rent, food, insurance, internet, phone, everything else. I have things down to the penny. The cell phone is next - I convinced myself I *needed* a smart phone, but I don't - once this contract is up, I'm going back to a flip phone. All the shit I do on my phone, I can do on wifi without the phone enabled. My insurance is $50 a month, rental insurance included. I spend $30-40 a week on food. I overpay a little on rent, for a nice place in a safe area, and I can afford it. I don't date anymore, because most women will fuck you or won't fuck you, "dating" isn't a thing anymore. And it's a waste of money taking a cunt to an expenisive restaurant if she's decided she's not going to fuck me anyway - she needs to get naked before I'll even consider it, and most of the time, after I fuck them, I don't bother. And it doesn't really seem to make any difference, so fuck it.

I have over quarter of a million in investments, I same money every month and add to it, and I can afford 3x my monthly bills before I need to think about cutting back. I don't do 'stuff", I hate clutter, and I don't waste money. I live well within my means, I budget even though I don't need to, and I don't indulge in mindless spending.

I have a big house and land with out buildings rammed full of tools and materials. But most of it is all only necessary because I live there. If I lived in a van I wouldn't need all the house stuff.

I am good at building cabins and shit, woupd like to live in a cosy small place one day with minimal possessions. I . naturally a hoarder but it fucks with my mental state

You eat shit eaters if you eat a lot of seafood - catfish, shellfish, shrimp, lobsters, they're all scavangers and eat literal shit.

At least with a fish, you don't eat the digestive system, where the shit is still in shit form. You eat the flesh, where the shit has been converted into proteins. You're not eating anything even resembling shit at that point, but if you want to be autistic...but with a clam, you're literally eating fish shit.

Living in a van is not worth it.

I tried it recently and was constantly harassed by people who did not want me parking in front of their home.

Living in a van to me is a capitualting to the basic task of providing oneself shelter. If you can't afford a basic apartment, you're doing it wrong, unless you're trying to survive in a city like SF where rent is so disconnected with reality it's surreal.

It sounds like fun, but it's really not. At least try to get to the level of renting a spot in an RV park. (Which would cost as much as rent in most areas)

The only non-traditional living spaces worth it right now is live-aboard boats. But there's a lot of scammers trying to offload floating wrecks, you gotta educate yourself before jumping in. And be into boating - I love the idea of living on board during the work week in the marina, and then taking off all weekend. With the right boat and the right marina, it can be pretty affordable in SF or LA or SD. Just pay for a storage locker on shore for shit you don't want to lose if it sinks, and you're good to go. And, don't look at the boat as an investment, plan on losing money when you get tired of it and sell it, unless you're good at using tools and rehab an old boat and fix it up - which most marinas frown on in the slips, but if you go out offshore a ways, you can do anything above the waterline and in the cabin.

I actually tried living on a boat once. It was alright up until the point when a leak occurred while I was sleeping, and I woke up with 3 feet of water in my room and a boat half submerged in the harbor.

Man that was scary as shit.

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>My rent is only $300/m
Which country

Like I said, research and buy carefully.

northern idaho

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you can't eat or taste furniture, user

copypasta this useful info over to there's always a retard asking how to budget on food

>culture
>in 2018
>in any western country
culture is brain-washing. it's society getting you to be a good little consumer and debt-slave. furniture is unnecessary. OP is doing it right given his current status (student, no job). maybe when he gets 1-2 more solid income streams he can splurge gay shit like IKEA furniture.

>"why is the floor covered in newspaper...do you have a dog, a chow?"

debt-slave consumer sheeple will always try to talk down someone who breaks free from the WORK-SPEND cycle. nignore them.

my bedroom is sparse just like your pic. i sleep on a hammock. if it ever breaks, the cost to replace is $8. the frame is solid steel. if i need to buy clothing, i get it used at goodwill. i'm still wearing a sweater with a giant hole in the armpit.

>he thinks a nice and comfy house isn't the most important factor in making it
kill yourself

this will help if you haven't already seen it:
youtube.com/watch?v=7AYgXQzRvas

>needs
i don't think you truly understand what that word means, user.

need vs want
he doesn't need tapestry to maintain health. he already allocates enough to food. food and water is what people need.

you don't need fag dress-up skirts for your windows.

Exactly. You get it. My apartment is cozy. Instead of a mattress, I just sleep on a used mattress pad that I got for free off Craigslist.

the problem with that is you're exposed to home invasion. so if you want to reduce that risk you will need to live in a mostly white, mostly safe, affluent neighborhood, which will make buying that house expensive.

between age 1-30, my family home has been broken into twice. and we're not rich at all, lower middle class, blue-collar. think about that.

Jow Forums is the most retarded board
they think they're smart because MUH CRYPTO but 90% of Jow Forums are fucking braindead pajeets and niggers who want lambos to impress 6/10 white sluts

I'm frugin out in ONE fucking room, living in a concrete hell of Slavlands.
Before I lived in an ambulance for a year (I'm a doc)
No car.
Vacations in mountains outside.
There is no other way to make it.
Soon, I buy house flat out, no mortgage and beat the jew

best oil: sunflower (also less expensive than olive oil, which goes rancid fast)

best spices: paprika, cumin, coriander, cayenne, salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary (all can be had for less than $3 each)

cook like the cajuns and south africans. every meal will taste great.

i did it for 2 years, the biggest challenge is just finding good spots to park

couches get dirty and soft too easily. get a fucking hammock for only $50, frame included.

Hammock is shit for spine though man

if you ever do it again, park in front of churches or empty plots of land.
never park in front of homes, they can call the cops on you.

i live frugally my biggest expense is tobacco. I eat well but i opted out of consuming in the traditional sense 5 years ago when i went galt. Even when i was a top 5% earner i lived frugally I cant help it

Remember there was a fag who posted a battlestation Jow Forums thread whose desk was two planks of wood nailed to a chair on either end topkek

where the fuck you living where your rent is $300 a month?

this is the ideal male body
you may not agree but this is what peak performance looks like

Hammock is not even worth it when you consider that you can just throw a few blankets on the ground and have a decently comfy bed that way.

Only time I have had issues doing this is when the apartment has roaches and I wake up covered in bugs.

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eh, as with all things, there are differing opinions.
if you specifically find it uncomfortable or bad for your spine, then obviously don't do it, or get some flat cot if you need to save $ vs more expensive bed. i slept on a futon and that shit went soft within 1 year. i hate mattresses. the springedjew is designed to fuck your shit up and go soft so that it can be replaced.

hammock has been best option for me so far. that or sleeping directly on the floor.

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yea would also like to know OP
or are you pullin our leg

Fuck hammocks, says my back.

And, if you're a clean person, a couch isn't gonna get that dirty. What, you don't wash your ass? And, I invested in a carpet cleaner with a furniture attachment, and clean my shit when it gets dirty.

Frugal doesn't mean filthy.

>have millions $ in crypto
>live on $400 a month on ramen noodles
Living the Jow Forums dream

Get off the cigs, dude. I vape - yes, it's a robot dick, hurr durrr - and I spend maybe $5 a month, as I make my own juice and use a rebuildable.

Futons are a meme, that died in the 90's. A fucking air mattress is better than a fucking futon or hammock. Stop being such a fucking neckbeard about it.

I can tell you never get laid, because: hammock.

agreed i slept on the floor for a while too.
the reason i got hammock is to not be exposed to the dust on the floor. if you sleep on floor you need to vacuum a lot more often. and of course bugs/roaches are bad.

the problem with sleeping on carpet, even if you're on blankets and shit, is that you're very close to dust mites that live in the carpet. they eventually crawl on your blankets/pillows.

so that's the reason why sleeping on the floor sucks. it is good for back though, to be on a hard surface. the koreans and japs sleep on the floor i believe.

>I'm frugal with everything in life except for food.
>I spend about $150/m on food.
WHAT?!

Yeah but dust mites live in mattresses too.

dust and dust mites get on couches so yes its a matter of vacuuming. also, the average person likes to eat on couch and watch tv, so crumbs get on it. i don't do that, but yes i wash my ass and shower and wear clean clothes, i just don't like dusty surfaces that can't be tossed into a wash.

hammock is easily machine-washable is my point. i guess you can get a couch coverslip.

you got 3 free chairs and didn't sell 2 of them? too much money spoiled you

please see

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the worst part about cigs is the additives and the tar. even you smoke a pure organic brand like american spirits, there's tons of tar. use a targard if you want to see, or look up pics of tar gettin trapped in a targard.

problem with a targard is its made of plastic. so given that i don't want to suck on a plastic targard and i don't want tar, i quit cigs all together.

nicotine will fuck your shit up long-term because your brain gets too used to it so you need to smoke more to get the same effect.

I tried being totally frugal as fuck but what happened is that people didn't respect me. Family would come over and they would treat me like a loser because I was sleeping on the floor tier. Its a hard life

What, do you live in a ghetto in a crackhouse? The place i live in is fumigated and sprayed for bugs, i clean my carpets at least once a year and vacuum at LEAST weekly, and I've never seen a cockroach, silverfish, or even spiders here. The things you're being autistic about are things people who live in nice places and aren't filthy and actually clean once in a while worry about.

The problem is you're a fucking neckbeard who can't admit he might be wrong, and is gonna fight to a bloody death over a fucking hammock.

You sound more and more like some autistic loser who never washes, does laundry, and is followed around by a cloud of dust, odor, and insects.

Take a fucking shower, dude.

>huurr durrr you don't get pussy!!
nice comeback. we're here to help each other with frugality but there's always some pussy-worshipping asshole.

i can fuck standing up, on the floor, against the wall, on the dining table, etc. you would know that if you had any real experience banging sluts in alleyways.

You are a vapid person who doesn't create. If you create and consciously consume then you are living.

If you hole up do nothing and save numbers and exist on there internet only then you are a fucking retard. You don't have any power and do nothing of value to anyone. Realize that.

Floor would have been comfy it if wasn't for breathing dust on the ground level.
Agree with mattress, it;s a scam. If you nail more planks onto a bedframe the bed+mattress combo is much more rigid, without overspending.
Mine cost 60 euros and beats goodgoy's mattress worth 300. Still feel bad about spending that much.

>calls biz retarded
>homeless for 2 years
>giant hole in armpit
Fucking lmao

wtf i said DUST MITES, which are everywhere, and cause allergies. didn't say anything about bedbugs, that's another issue entirely.

you caught me, i am a hammock salesman. i'm also french so i bathe infrequently. i bet you're rich, handsome and get tons of pussy everyday, that's why you feel it necessary to lash out at people on a shrimp farming messageboard. eat shit niglet.

i include myself in that 90% of retarded Jow Forumsniggers.

just spend enough time on here yourself. look at the catalog. do you see actual useful info? its mostly garbage. like this entire site.

Yep. My mom died of lung cancer - her oncologist told me to start vaping, just to stop breathing in tar - as he said, "it's not the nicotine that kills you, it's the smoke."

I like nicotine, to me it's like caffeine, and it's a mild central nervous stimulant - and the addiction part goes away fast when you get off cigs. i can not vape for days and not even think about it - I rarely vape when I'm out doing shit, or at work, or whatever, it's usually only when I'm sitting at home at the computer. It's one of my vices, and I look at it as reducing the risk and harm significantly. I vape, and drink coffee, I don't drink or do drugs. I think it's fine. I'm not gonna live forever, and whatever harm I did, was already done from years of smoking. YOLO, and all that.

>i can fuck standing up, on the floor, against the wall, on the dining table, etc.
Nah, i don't think you fuck at all.

everything you said is from the perspective of a person who wants to continue living within societal boundaries. if that's true for you, go for it. go create value, exchange and consume using the value you accumulate. not everyone wants to play that game. some of us are looking to get out.

not everyone wants power, faggot. not everyone cares about this societal notion of value.

there is freedom to be enjoyed outside of these words and socially-constructed ideas. but you wouldn't understand that. you're a cuck for the system. so go on and continue "being creative". if you were creative you wouldn't be wasting time here.

its weird how obsessed you are about how much pussy another user gets. as if that's all you think about. wew. we're talking about ways to save money and that's all you can bring up.

if it makes you feel any better, yes, i don't actively go out to try and get pussy. i don't care anymore.

ITT: a mattresscuck and furniture salesman vs. a hammock salesman.

the mattresscuck will always default to: I BET YOU DON'T GET LAID.

He is right.
When I was Jow Forums and a bit younger, and also technically homeless, I banged cuties in my ambulance, or they invited me into their place. One richbitch offered me one of her apartments to live in for free.
You are beta provider. Fix yourself while there is a time.

fuck dat
*smacks lips*
Finna go pick up a big mac at mc dons
Goof ass nigga, go eat a fish. Aint no one want no nasty stank pussy smellin fish

i left out the fact that you can fuck girls in bar bathrooms, dark alleys, on a park bench, in an elevator, *or* here's a crazy idea, at their apartment/house. a girl will suck your dick in a used toyota and fuck in the back seat if she likes you. they love this "adventurous" shit. fucking in your own bed is probably the most vanilla option.

this idea that you have to make a lot of $$$money$$$ to impress girls with fancy furniture is only something believed by betacucks who have weak physique. this is why he's getting so angry at me over my love of sleeping in a hammock. i'm not even shilling it heavily, i agree it could be bad for people's back, it depends. look at the screenshot i used up top, the search keywords.

Literally saved this post. Ty anonski

nothing but the essentials, good job user.

Nice meme.

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kek
>claims minimalist
>sees user with a truly empty living space and spurgs out
Fuck off with your fashion trends this guy is doing minimalism right.