Having full employment and sharply reduced costs definitely feels weird in today’s world. I feel genuinely guilty at times as my budget looks better and better while so many people have been thrown into disarray. Suddenly, I’m set to pay off all my credit cards (13%-18% int) by mid-June and then I can plow money into…

Spending has plummeted insanely. I spend a bit more on booze and about double on groceries, but frankly cutting out all the rest makes up for that and far more. It's nice to have a spreadsheet to just enter new numbers into and have a result. That's been the most comforting part of all this. I get emotional and…

I always rolled by eyes at thr popularization of “hacker” as a word to describe someone with mildly crafty solutions and simple tips, but yeah an entire article about reusing plastic bottles with something other than their original contents seems like a new low for the simplicity of life tips on here.