Let’s face facts folks, you cannot attain wealth without frugal living. Oh no, not again!, you might be lamenting. Please don’t leave without taking a look at how Mr. Money Mustache lives it. I wrote in my journal this morning about his incredible blog and the creator, Mr. Money Mustach, aka “MMM:”
MMM writes like a poet. He takes one of the most important aspects of living with the most boring, uninteresting and downright anti-establishment ideas in our spend-thrift culture, et. al “frugal living.” He metaphorically and realistically turns it into a thing of beauty, love and wonder (and with confrontation too from some of his followers). He attracts millions of viewers and followers by NOT illustrating formulas, statistics or logic–HE LIVES AND WRITES IT! We should be grateful for his insights. He is a combination of Mark Twain, Will Rogers and Garrison Keillor. Keillor for example, writes about everyday life with a stream of consciousness that makes things such as going to a hardware store in Hibbing, Minnesota, interesting and funny.
Take a look for yourself: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ And risk becoming a “Mustachian.” You won’t regret it. Dan and I have been “mustachians” for years and didn’t know it.
The Bogleheads forum has a very lengthy discussion and attempts to answer the questions of whether MMM is a hero or foolish: http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=136322&newpost=2022990
BTW, according to one study (I cannot find at the moment), teachers and engineers are naturally frugal.