My daughter has seen me - driving cars that are 15-20 years old (current car is 22). -She sees me work on my own car - I don't own a house/condo and I live small When my daughter was little, she once asked me if I were poor. And, I was/am not poor... But I'm not rich in financials but I am in family and friends. One thing she started doing about 5 years ago was going to thrift stores to find clothing. -I'm hopeful she can keep and expand that trait. Nice video Dana. You have a great speaking voice. Happy Holidays
Hey John, its really great to see you! I have a 1999 Toyota Corolla and my kids think its going to fall apart but i keep telling them its a good car!! I love how you are grateful for all the right reasons, rich in family and friends. Thanks soooo much for watching and your wonderful comment, i really appreciate you 🥰❤️
There is more to life than material things. It’s a great reminder to live mindfully, appreciate the present, and find joy in everyday moments. Thank you, Dana!
Hi Eriko, its so great to see you! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the video, i really appreciate your wonderful feedback! I hope you have have lots of joy the holiday season and well into 2025!! 🥰❤🌸
Interesting! And thanks for bringing underconsumption core to our attention! I see it like this: A frugal person with $20 might go to the dollar store and buy 20 $1 items. A person practicing underconsumption would instead buy one $20 item of higher quality that would last longer. The underconsumer might actually save $15 to get together with friends and find a $5 item of good-enough quality that would fill the same purpose!
I started being frugal out of necessity. But when I learnt about nutrition, I also learnt about sustainability and saving the planet. Which is why I try to buy things I can reuse. Underconsumption core sounds like a great idea! 😍
Hi Shirley, its so great to see you! Thank you so much for sharing, i think its important that we can be frugal and still eat healthy and have joy in our lives. I'm excited about this trend and i hope it turns into a movement, its important for our younger generations! Happy holidays my friend!! 🥰❤️🌸
My childhood was one of frugality by necessity. I was fortunate to overcome a lot of barriers and have a successful career, but i never lost sight of where I came from. Not sure I would define myself as frugal, but definitely lived a minimalistic life style and always tried to max out my 401k. I think that lifestyle was instrumental in allowing me to walk away from Corporate America at 56, and take a part-time business full-time. Today, I am 65 and continue to be more interested in creating experiences than materialistic things.
Hi Bill, its really great to see you! It’s so inspiring to hear how your upbringing shaped your journey. I also love hearing how experiences are more interesting than materialistic things. I find that true as well! 🥰❤️🌸
My Frugal journey started as a need and now it's just our lifestyle we do put value into some things and like to save in others. I share because I want to encourage the next generation how to save, shop and be frugal not just because it's a trend and they feel that they need to keep up with social media but because it will give them stability and a solid foundation for the future.
Hi Kelly, I love your message about passing these values on to the next generation! Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comment, i just sub'd to your channel! 🥰❤️🌸
@@danafindwell thanks my daughter is 24 and talking with friends who have children the same age or even younger moving out for the first time or getting a job they said they were struggling to explain life to them and how to budget etc. A few said 'my daughter watches your channel' she does what you say (cause you never listen to your own parent) so I try to keep my channel real. I share more person stuff than tutorials as i find people can 'see' by example.
@@FrugalFunMum I love that your daughter's friends watch your channel! I do think Gen Z's have it tough, i have a 20 year old who is finding out how difficult it is to budget her money! I will tell her about your channel too!! ❤
I love the topic and the message you’re delivering. I resonate with the idea that the newer generations are inundated with consumerism and the real virtue is appreciating simple things and what you already have. 😊
Hello Dana! You make so many important points in your video. The first that I want to mention is the fact that a corporate life equals spending more. This is so true and also very striking how a shift in our perspective on "work" and "productivity", could actually allow us to live better with less. The second is about living with intention. I have a true admiration and respect for the younger generations who grow up with social media substituting their sense of connection and belonging, but nonetheless they see through the consumerism propaganda and what it does to the planet and the people. Finally, and to answer your question, the first "frugal" movement took place as an answer to the industrial revolution, in the end of the 19th century. The movement is known as "arts and crafts" and William Morris is probably the most known representative. The whole idea was based on slow living. People chose to have handmade objects in their homes. They were not minimalists, because you can't afford that in a house without central heating, but everything they owned was of good quality and had a purpose. Consumerism is a very "yang" thing and is rooted in patriarchy. So as long as there is "female" energy on the planet there will always be voices who stand up for the opposite :) Ps: Excuse my long comment, but you inspired me
Hi PixelPostcards, i haven't heard of loud budgeting i'm going to check it out! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, i really appreciate you!! 🥰❤️🌸
Dana, another excellent topic, giving me lots to think about and enjoyment doing it. I do sometimes think of frugal living as rejecting being influenced by major corporations.
this blew my mind!.. m currently practicing simplicity.. I'll start practicing frugality b4 'UC'.. i can't c myself the other way around.. thank you for sharing and further clarify the difference🙂
Hi Yechong, its wonderful to hear from you! I’m so glad the video was helpful...it sounds like you’ve got a great plan! I think living simply is a lovely way to live!! 🥰❤️🌸
@@danafindwell thank you for replying and yes this plan look scary but after 2 years of stucknance m taking the first step even if the stone seem further now. simplicity, frugality, and the new underconsumption core are all to be my raft/courier toward new year.. I m especially glad to have met u frankly couldn't remember exactly how but highly appreciative of the chance. thank you❤⏳
It's good to see you again. So many of the next generation is addicted to having electricity and when the power goes out they won't know how to live. I really would like to talk to you and tell you my experiences
Hi Capt Bob, its great to see you! I bet you have so much survivalist wisdom, especially living on a boat and out in the woods. Thanks so much for watching, i really appreciate you!! 🥰❤️
Here I am wearing a sweater that is 27 years old.... I can see the challenge because the wealthiest companies all thrive on us buying things. My wife is still using an 8 year old 'smart phone', still works fine. Our TV (DLP I replaced the broken color wheel) broke about 10 years back and I fixed it so it's going on literally 18 years. My childhood involved growing up in a trailer home in rural Idaho where we had 2 TV channels CBS and on a good day PBS. Other than that reading or playing outside was all there was to do.
Hi Paul, I love how you have always been a master of making things last! The kids LOVE vintage items like your sweater, they are actively searching for a lot of the things we grew up with! I do think older generations didn't grow up with as much stuff and corporate influence than these younger generations...we had nothing to do except go out an play or go to a friends house...i think we were lucky to grow up during those times! Thanks for your great comment, i really appreciate you! 🥰❤️
Gen Z here. I have never heard of this until now. I also use limited to no social media though. Putting generation differences and comparisons aside, I think it's more a case of people in each generation wizening up due to poor / fluctuating economy that happens over and over. Personally, I've had enough of the corporations creating a problem and selling solutions, for something that should never have been a problem in the first place. They create the ads, pay people to echo a narrative / message, shape the image of society through media and stifle competition with other smaller businesses so you have less variety, and less access to possibly higher quality goods and services. I am not wealthy by any means, and 100$ is a lot of money for me. I see how cheaply things are made compared to when I was a kid, as well as planned obsolescence and not having the right to repair in many parts of the world. I also feel that the same issue is echoed in almost every generation for the past century, that things become too expensive, things are made too cheap, and living expectations and standards sink lower over time. As we are all consumers, it is sad to see that many people are blind sighted to what is being fed to us. If it was easy to recognize and spot, I'm sure there would be a larger outcry for changes. The only time blame is due, is when people see what is going on, what they are using and consuming, and choose ignorance over change. It doesn't need to be big, but replacing all your plastics with wood and glass containers and utensils is a start as an example. (albeit, getting a large mass of people on the same movement for environmental protection is better than by yourself). Corporations market plastic products extremely well, make them more affordable, but the main reason they sell is because the market for them is currently very very profitable. The easiest way you can hurt them is the wallet. For the addiction to social media and content. Companies are not dumb. They know and study how to make something as addictive as they can possibly make it. How to get that short burst of dopamine to keep you looking for more, use algorithms to keep you hooked and flood your head with so much information you don't remember any of it by the end. It's not as black and white as saying 'just go on for 10 minutes only, it's not that hard' when in fact it is meant to be increasingly hard to distance yourself from it, and targeting youth early is also a very dirty scheme, making it harder into adolescence and adulthood to break away. Consumers are both a part of the problem, and a victim. Always try to assume ignorance before malice. I could go on and on, the rabbit hole is so deep it'd take days to even talk about the top of the iceberg. I get sometimes called a radical for learning and talking with people about the depth of economics, corporation corruption and politics. If educating yourself is treated as being a radical or conspiracy theorist, I'm not sure how willing people are to learn with such a negative stigma towards economics and politics. I used to not care, thinking it was all nonsense and not my problem, until I realized how much it affects us as a whole. My generation seems pretty cynical, distrustful of media, politics and corporations. But when I think about how being cynical or empathetic is something you learn, it doesn't come out of thin air, so who and what taught us to be cynical to this extent? 🤔 And is it going to bring a good change somewhere? Is my generation tired of the narrative "I had it bad so you should too"? That we truly are entitled? Personally I think it's more a case of we saw what other's before us sweat and bled over, and want better. At the end of the day I feel like everyone just wants better, and are afraid to be miserable alone. To quote Billy Joel, "they are sharing a drink they call Lonliness, but it's better than drinking alone"
Hi Ito! Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It’s true that each generation faces unique challenges, but it's interesting to see how we can learn from one another. Your perspective on consumerism and sustainability is really valuable, and it’s important for us to stay aware of what we’re supporting with our choices. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your insights, i really appreciate you! 🥰❤️
Goes back to the depression! Younger gen thinks that they invent things but they just rename things. Now there's a new sleep trend. Cracks me up. But I love that Gen Z is buying pre LOVED instead of cheap fast fashion. Purging over here still friend. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤🎉
Hi Candis, its really great to see you! You’re so right, i'm happy that Gen Z is on board and hopefully its not a short-lived trend!! Merry Christmas to you and your family too! 🥰❤️🎉
My daughter has seen me
- driving cars that are 15-20 years old (current car is 22).
-She sees me work on my own car
- I don't own a house/condo and I live small
When my daughter was little, she once asked me if I were poor. And, I was/am not poor... But I'm not rich in financials but I am in family and friends.
One thing she started doing about 5 years ago was going to thrift stores to find clothing.
-I'm hopeful she can keep and expand that trait.
Nice video Dana. You have a great speaking voice.
Happy Holidays
Hey John, its really great to see you! I have a 1999 Toyota Corolla and my kids think its going to fall apart but i keep telling them its a good car!! I love how you are grateful for all the right reasons, rich in family and friends. Thanks soooo much for watching and your wonderful comment, i really appreciate you 🥰❤️
There is more to life than material things. It’s a great reminder to live mindfully, appreciate the present, and find joy in everyday moments. Thank you, Dana!
Hi Eriko, its so great to see you! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the video, i really appreciate your wonderful feedback! I hope you have have lots of joy the holiday season and well into 2025!! 🥰❤🌸
Interesting! And thanks for bringing underconsumption core to our attention! I see it like this: A frugal person with $20 might go to the dollar store and buy 20 $1 items. A person practicing underconsumption would instead buy one $20 item of higher quality that would last longer. The underconsumer might actually save $15 to get together with friends and find a $5 item of good-enough quality that would fill the same purpose!
Hi Elizabeth! I really love how you explained the difference between being frugal and practicing underconsumption, thank you soooo much!! 🥰❤️🌸
I started being frugal out of necessity. But when I learnt about nutrition, I also learnt about sustainability and saving the planet. Which is why I try to buy things I can reuse. Underconsumption core sounds like a great idea! 😍
Hi Shirley, its so great to see you! Thank you so much for sharing, i think its important that we can be frugal and still eat healthy and have joy in our lives. I'm excited about this trend and i hope it turns into a movement, its important for our younger generations! Happy holidays my friend!! 🥰❤️🌸
My childhood was one of frugality by necessity. I was fortunate to overcome a lot of barriers and have a successful career, but i never lost sight of where I came from. Not sure I would define myself as frugal, but definitely lived a minimalistic life style and always tried to max out my 401k. I think that lifestyle was instrumental in allowing me to walk away from Corporate America at 56, and take a part-time business full-time. Today, I am 65 and continue to be more interested in creating experiences than materialistic things.
Hi Bill, its really great to see you! It’s so inspiring to hear how your upbringing shaped your journey. I also love hearing how experiences are more interesting than materialistic things. I find that true as well! 🥰❤️🌸
Salut Bill
My Frugal journey started as a need and now it's just our lifestyle we do put value into some things and like to save in others. I share because I want to encourage the next generation how to save, shop and be frugal not just because it's a trend and they feel that they need to keep up with social media but because it will give them stability and a solid foundation for the future.
Hi Kelly, I love your message about passing these values on to the next generation! Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comment, i just sub'd to your channel! 🥰❤️🌸
@@danafindwell thanks my daughter is 24 and talking with friends who have children the same age or even younger moving out for the first time or getting a job they said they were struggling to explain life to them and how to budget etc. A few said 'my daughter watches your channel' she does what you say (cause you never listen to your own parent) so I try to keep my channel real. I share more person stuff than tutorials as i find people can 'see' by example.
@@FrugalFunMum I love that your daughter's friends watch your channel! I do think Gen Z's have it tough, i have a 20 year old who is finding out how difficult it is to budget her money! I will tell her about your channel too!! ❤
Hi Dana another great Video , you always give us great advice , thank you again and Merry Christmas to you and your family 🙏🙏🌲🌲
Carlos!! I've been thinking of you! Thanks sooo much for watching, you are so sweet! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas as well! 🥰❤️🎄
@danafindwell Thank you so much Dana ☺️☺️
I love the topic and the message you’re delivering. I resonate with the idea that the newer generations are inundated with consumerism and the real virtue is appreciating simple things and what you already have. 😊
Hello Dana! You make so many important points in your video. The first that I want to mention is the fact that a corporate life equals spending more. This is so true and also very striking how a shift in our perspective on "work" and "productivity", could actually allow us to live better with less. The second is about living with intention. I have a true admiration and respect for the younger generations who grow up with social media substituting their sense of connection and belonging, but nonetheless they see through the consumerism propaganda and what it does to the planet and the people. Finally, and to answer your question, the first "frugal" movement took place as an answer to the industrial revolution, in the end of the 19th century. The movement is known as "arts and crafts" and William Morris is probably the most known representative. The whole idea was based on slow living. People chose to have handmade objects in their homes. They were not minimalists, because you can't afford that in a house without central heating, but everything they owned was of good quality and had a purpose. Consumerism is a very "yang" thing and is rooted in patriarchy. So as long as there is "female" energy on the planet there will always be voices who stand up for the opposite :)
Ps: Excuse my long comment, but you inspired me
Great video. I also like the trend of loud budgeting where you tell people what you can or are willing to spend money on.😊
Hi PixelPostcards, i haven't heard of loud budgeting i'm going to check it out! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, i really appreciate you!! 🥰❤️🌸
Dana, another excellent topic, giving me lots to think about and enjoyment doing it. I do sometimes think of frugal living as rejecting being influenced by major corporations.
Hi Lisa, i totally agree with you! Its always sooo great to hear from you, thanks for your wonderful comment!! 🥰❤️🌸
this blew my mind!.. m currently practicing simplicity.. I'll start practicing frugality b4 'UC'.. i can't c myself the other way around.. thank you for sharing and further clarify the difference🙂
Hi Yechong, its wonderful to hear from you! I’m so glad the video was helpful...it sounds like you’ve got a great plan! I think living simply is a lovely way to live!! 🥰❤️🌸
@@danafindwell thank you for replying and yes this plan look scary but after 2 years of stucknance m taking the first step even if the stone seem further now. simplicity, frugality, and the new underconsumption core are all to be my raft/courier toward new year.. I m especially glad to have met u frankly couldn't remember exactly how but highly appreciative of the chance. thank you❤⏳
@@mun10124 I'm glad we met too, Yechong! Happy holidays my friend!! 🎉
@@danafindwell cheers🍾
I like this idea and try to practice it. Thank you Dana ❤
Hi Nomad, its sooo great to see you! I'm really happy you liked the video, your support means a lot to me. Happy holidays!! 🥰❤️
It's good to see you again. So many of the next generation is addicted to having electricity and when the power goes out they won't know how to live. I really would like to talk to you and tell you my experiences
Hi Capt Bob, its great to see you! I bet you have so much survivalist wisdom, especially living on a boat and out in the woods. Thanks so much for watching, i really appreciate you!! 🥰❤️
Here I am wearing a sweater that is 27 years old.... I can see the challenge because the wealthiest companies all thrive on us buying things. My wife is still using an 8 year old 'smart phone', still works fine. Our TV (DLP I replaced the broken color wheel) broke about 10 years back and I fixed it so it's going on literally 18 years. My childhood involved growing up in a trailer home in rural Idaho where we had 2 TV channels CBS and on a good day PBS. Other than that reading or playing outside was all there was to do.
Hi Paul, I love how you have always been a master of making things last! The kids LOVE vintage items like your sweater, they are actively searching for a lot of the things we grew up with! I do think older generations didn't grow up with as much stuff and corporate influence than these younger generations...we had nothing to do except go out an play or go to a friends house...i think we were lucky to grow up during those times! Thanks for your great comment, i really appreciate you! 🥰❤️
Gen Z here. I have never heard of this until now. I also use limited to no social media though. Putting generation differences and comparisons aside, I think it's more a case of people in each generation wizening up due to poor / fluctuating economy that happens over and over.
Personally, I've had enough of the corporations creating a problem and selling solutions, for something that should never have been a problem in the first place. They create the ads, pay people to echo a narrative / message, shape the image of society through media and stifle competition with other smaller businesses so you have less variety, and less access to possibly higher quality goods and services. I am not wealthy by any means, and 100$ is a lot of money for me. I see how cheaply things are made compared to when I was a kid, as well as planned obsolescence and not having the right to repair in many parts of the world. I also feel that the same issue is echoed in almost every generation for the past century, that things become too expensive, things are made too cheap, and living expectations and standards sink lower over time.
As we are all consumers, it is sad to see that many people are blind sighted to what is being fed to us. If it was easy to recognize and spot, I'm sure there would be a larger outcry for changes. The only time blame is due, is when people see what is going on, what they are using and consuming, and choose ignorance over change. It doesn't need to be big, but replacing all your plastics with wood and glass containers and utensils is a start as an example. (albeit, getting a large mass of people on the same movement for environmental protection is better than by yourself). Corporations market plastic products extremely well, make them more affordable, but the main reason they sell is because the market for them is currently very very profitable. The easiest way you can hurt them is the wallet.
For the addiction to social media and content. Companies are not dumb. They know and study how to make something as addictive as they can possibly make it. How to get that short burst of dopamine to keep you looking for more, use algorithms to keep you hooked and flood your head with so much information you don't remember any of it by the end. It's not as black and white as saying 'just go on for 10 minutes only, it's not that hard' when in fact it is meant to be increasingly hard to distance yourself from it, and targeting youth early is also a very dirty scheme, making it harder into adolescence and adulthood to break away. Consumers are both a part of the problem, and a victim. Always try to assume ignorance before malice.
I could go on and on, the rabbit hole is so deep it'd take days to even talk about the top of the iceberg. I get sometimes called a radical for learning and talking with people about the depth of economics, corporation corruption and politics. If educating yourself is treated as being a radical or conspiracy theorist, I'm not sure how willing people are to learn with such a negative stigma towards economics and politics. I used to not care, thinking it was all nonsense and not my problem, until I realized how much it affects us as a whole. My generation seems pretty cynical, distrustful of media, politics and corporations. But when I think about how being cynical or empathetic is something you learn, it doesn't come out of thin air, so who and what taught us to be cynical to this extent? 🤔 And is it going to bring a good change somewhere? Is my generation tired of the narrative "I had it bad so you should too"? That we truly are entitled? Personally I think it's more a case of we saw what other's before us sweat and bled over, and want better. At the end of the day I feel like everyone just wants better, and are afraid to be miserable alone. To quote Billy Joel, "they are sharing a drink they call Lonliness, but it's better than drinking alone"
Hi Ito! Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It’s true that each generation faces unique challenges, but it's interesting to see how we can learn from one another. Your perspective on consumerism and sustainability is really valuable, and it’s important for us to stay aware of what we’re supporting with our choices. Thanks so much for watching and sharing your insights, i really appreciate you! 🥰❤️
Goes back to the depression! Younger gen thinks that they invent things but they just rename things. Now there's a new sleep trend. Cracks me up. But I love that Gen Z is buying pre LOVED instead of cheap fast fashion. Purging over here still friend. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤🎉
Hi Candis, its really great to see you! You’re so right, i'm happy that Gen Z is on board and hopefully its not a short-lived trend!! Merry Christmas to you and your family too! 🥰❤️🎉
Salut dana
Thank you so much!! 🥰❤️🌸