Don't save trash just to keep from throwing things away. Repurpose items that will save you money. Don't do things to save money that cost you more time than the savings are worth. She points out that your time is valuable. Spending money does not bring joy.Īmy is very practical, too. And I think their level of satisfaction was greater to that of their modern counterpart, even though the number of gifts have grown and gotten bigger, fancier, and more exciting. These simple things used to satisfy the recipient.

Before Christmas was about all the commercials you are bombarded with on TV and the internet, only children were given gifts, and they were very simple gifts at that, an orange, a coin, a piece of candy. You lose the joy of what's inside the package if you are just looking for the next package. At a certain point opening gifts just becomes about opening gifts. When it comes to birthday presents(or Christmas), she says, you need to know the sweet spot for how many/what kind of gifts to give for the maximum enjoyment. Because of this mechanism our garbage man doesn't have to lift bags out of garbage cans, and I don't have to use bags in my garbage can.Īfter reading The Tightwad Gazette I have been asking myself, 'Do I have to throw this away?' and, 'Do I have to buy this?' and, 'Can I repurpose this?' about things that I had never questioned before.Īmy Dacyczyn has helpful tips, as well, as articles on deeper subjects, like, contentment. This special garbage can is compatible with a mechanical arm on the garbage truck that dumps the can into the truck. Our garbage service issues us a big garbage can for the curb. Now, I recognize this is not a viable option for everyone. The liner (bag) stays in the kitchen trash can for another use. I just take my trash bin to the big trash can that goes to the curb, and dump all the garbage into the big trash can. (My Mom taught me this, along with washing and folding tin foil for multiple uses.) After reading The Tightwad Gazette I realized that I didn't have to throw away trash bags every time either. I considered myself pretty thrifty to begin with, but reading T he Tightwad Gazette made me take a second look at areas I could get 'tighter.' I already save plastic zip top bags and rewash them for multiple uses.

It is very funny, with humor on every page! Amy Dacyczyn dislikes dry boring books and she made her book the opposite. The book I read is only the first two years of the news letter.

In response to popular demand she compiled the news letter into a book. Amy Dacyczyn actually wrote a news letter by that title in the early '90's. I read The Tightwad Gazette book recently. The Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift As Viable Alternative by Amy Dacyczyn

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