Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Being frugal is also about spending your time wisely.
If you’re interested in dramatically reducing your screen time, both the Light Phone III and Sunbeam F1 Pro can help you do that. Both are great dumbphone options, though I’ve started to call them anti-smartphones. […]
Light Phone III vs. Sunbeam F1 Pro: Which Minimalist Phone Is Right For You? Read More »
I’ve delayed writing this post because artificial intelligence is so new and evolving at such a fast rate. Not even the so-called experts agree on the best way to integrate AI into our day-to-day lives.
How to Use AI Chatbots in Everyday Life Read More »
This guide is “almost ultimate” because the topic is too complex to adequately cover in a single post. It aspires to be the ultimate and, as I make additions, maybe someday will. I’m speaking to
Dumbphone Living Guide: How to Overcome Digital Barriers Read More »
I didn’t give the forecast much thought when it called for some scattered thunderstorms one recent Saturday afternoon. That’s what the forecast looks like in Wisconsin for much of the summer. I certainly wasn’t thinking
A Power Outage That Reminded Me What Matters Read More »
Since the emergence of the first minimalist phones, plenty of people have misunderstood their purpose and value. They struggle with the idea of having to pay hundreds of dollars for a device designed to be
How to Protect Your Attention from Smartphone Distractions Read More »
Our home doesn’t have a video game console, and there are no plans to buy one even as our kids approach their teen years, the prime age for gaming. That being said, parents who want
How to (mostly) keep your kids off video games Read More »
Where can you spend nearly one hour of your time with a large group of people and have nobody in the room check their phone? Not a gym. Not a grocery store. Certainly not a
The one public space where using a phone is taboo Read More »
This past July was Frugalmatic’s four-year anniversary, and I’ve been meaning to write a retrospect post about some of my biggest feats and flops from the past four years. (Plus, I couldn’t pass up the
Feats and flops over four years of Frugalmatic Read More »
As someone who’s enjoyed using the original Sunbeam F1 phone the past couple years, I was curious whether the new F1 Pro would offer a noticeably different experience. In short, it does. The form factor
Sunbeam F1 Pro Review: Great upgrade from the original F1 Read More »
Many parents feel like they have little choice over whether to give their teenager a smartphone. If they don’t, they fear, their child will somehow lose important social connections. Timothy Carney, a father of six
How one dad keeps smartphones out of his kids’ hands Read More »
