Ang Peregrino Recommends 33: Wise​bread​.Com

Wise​bread​.Com
URL: http://​www​.wise​bread​.com

Wise Bread is a com­mu­nity of blog­gers who have banded together to help its read­ers live large on a small bud­get. And because I am in a quest to bud­get my money, this site has been quite help­ful to me ever since I sub­scribed to it.

Wisebread’s Mis­sion

Wise­bread believes that peo­ple on a bud­get can still enjoy fab­u­lous and fun lives. It’s mis­sion then, is to share tips that will help peo­ple live large with­out sac­ri­fic­ing their finan­cial inde­pen­dence. What does it mean to “live large” on a small bud­get? Essen­tially it means you can have fun while you save. From Wise­bread: “Too many finan­cial experts focus on the neg­a­tive aspects of money man­age­ment. They freely throw around words like “sac­ri­fice” and “respon­si­bil­ity” like there was a fire sale at the Bor­ing Store.”

“The answer to finan­cial inde­pen­dence isn’t a ramen-eating, vacation-skipping, fun-depriving life. Far from it. The best way to ensure that you will stick to a bud­get is to cre­ate a lifestyle that is as much fun as it is practical.”

“For exam­ple, instead of focus­ing on how you shouldn’t spend $20 a night at the movies, why not think about attend­ing a free Bohemian art gallery exhibit instead?”

Wise­bread gives really sen­si­ble tips like not spend­ing when you are sad, or stay­ing away from the all too famil­iar peer pres­sure to spend (truth: you spend more when you’re with friends than when you’re alone) or sim­ply being fru­gal in a way that fits your per­son­al­ity–stuff you can do to save money that does not need a lot of time or effort on your part.

Wise Bread will help you discover:

* Savvy shop­ping tips to keep you styl­ish, sassy, and sol­vent.
* Finan­cial advice that is easy to under­stand and easy to apply.
* Career and money-making ideas that’ll add zeros to your bank account.
* Gen­eral adult­hood know-how your par­ents for­got to tell you.

For teach­ing us that you can actu­ally be wise while earn­ing your bread, that you don’t have to live mis­er­ably if you’re scrimp­ing, AngPere­grino Rec­om­mends Wise­bread this week.