Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
You might be frugal, but are you frugalmatic? Being frugalmatic goes beyond saving money. It’s about wisely using your time to benefit both your health and your finances. Learn how to take your daily routine to the next level with my free Starter Kit. Join me, Andrew, on a frugalmatic journey.
Becoming more physically active is actually a mental process.
Good things can happen when you give up your smartphone.
Long before COVID-19 arrived, health professionals were sounding alarms about the growing number of people leading sedentary lifestyles. It didn’t seem like the problem could get any worse, but it has. Measures taken to navigate […]
Interview with Dr. Abigail Morris, sedentary behavior researcher Read More »
When each of our two children reached about 5 years old, we started talking to them about ads. It’s an ongoing conversation designed to inspire our kids to think critically about how ads seek to
How to talk to kids about ads? Ask a lot of questions Read More »
At 9 years old, I learned not to own an American car. My family bought a new Ford Aerostar, boxy by today’s standards but futuristic looking in the 1980s, at the dawn of suburbia’s minivan
The Toyota Way is a great way when buying used Read More »
With barbecue season fast approaching (though it never ends for some people), I wanted to share my recipe for a homemade BBQ sauce. It’s my humble attempt to “reverse engineer” Stubb’s Legendary Bar-B-BQ Sauce and
Why buy barbecue sauce when you can make it? Read More »
When Jose Briones decided over a year ago to switch from a smartphone to a minimalist device, he was able to draw from his experience growing up in Nicaragua. Access to technology in Nicaragua, where
Interview with Jose Briones, minimalist device expert Read More »
When you’re frugalmatic, you’re getting stuff done while being physically active. Frugalmatic superstars include biking to work and mowing the lawn. But what if you can’t do (or just don’t feel like doing) a superstar
How to stay active? Try the ‘random walk’ Read More »
If I could have only one gadget, it would be the electric toothbrush. The coffee grinder comes in a close second place, but I only use that once a day (twice for the toothbrush). My
Find amazing value in the electric toothbrush Read More »
One of the best ways to maximize the value of things in your home is to repurpose them. This is especially true for children’s clothes, toys, and furniture. You can buy these things one day
New uses for old things: the repurposing process Read More »
In his new book “Exercised,” Daniel Lieberman gets many things right about the importance of exercise and physical activity. He gets one thing wrong, however, in treating as extreme the idea that “sitting is the
Sitting is the new smoking, despite what ‘Exercised’ says Read More »
What do you call a device that looks like a smartphone but is free of addictive and manipulative features? Chris Kaspar believes he’s holding the answer. It’s the Wisephone. Kaspar is the founder of Techless,
Interview with Chris Kaspar, creator of the Wisephone Read More »
