A good friend Freddie Taylor from ThinkTaylor.com has just finished reading Seth Godin’s acclaimed Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. He has been blown away by the book and was highly recommending that I read it…..
As you may or may not know I live in Cairo, Egypt. I can order stuff on Amazon but [...]
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Yesterday I had an eye opening experience that definitely fueled my belief in people and the way people can fight adverse conditions to survive. We often think of the entrepreneurial spirit as something that is used by people to escape the 9-5 and follow their dreams but in the case of Garbage City in Cairo [...]
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For the last few years I have not had a whole lot of cash to play with. Much of this was due to an overwhelming debt which is now under control via a debt management plan and the fact that I have not been earning a high monthly wage. However during this period I have [...]
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With all this money saving going on and people referring back to “The Old Ways” I thought it would be fun to look back at our past and consider the option of replacing your car with a horse…. Who wouldn’t want to ride into town for a few beers and a pizza on the back [...]
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For those of you that have been following for a while you will know that I recently finished p90x, the 3 month home workout routine. It thought it was awesome and it really did catapult my home fitness and it more than fitted my budget. I lost a bunch of weight, gained a lot of [...]
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Cut The Fat – Losing Things You Don’t Need
Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Forest.
I really think that being frugal transcends saving money and can work well in all aspects of your life. To be truly frugal it helps to stand back, take a look at yourself and cut the fat every now and then. By this I mean just getting rid of everything you don’t use or need… [...]
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Easy Peasy Yakezie!
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Forest.
This is my announcement post to say I am joining the The Yakezie Alexa Challenge. Now before I go on about this you may want to know what Alexa is and also what Yakezie is….. I know the answer to the Alexa bit but not sure on Yakezie, however I want to be able to [...]
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Get Over The Fear Of Cooking At Home…
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Forest.
I love to cook at home, but it wasn’t always this way.
I remember thinking that boiling vegetables and grilling a chicken breast (pre Vegetarian days) was an adventurous task. If I was feeling particularly frisky I would put some black pepper on before cooking… oh la la!!
I ate plain and reasonably healthy but didn’t cook [...]
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French Indian Roti! – My Manjula’s Kitchen Competition Entry
Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Forest.
I absolutely LOVE Indian food. So when I found Manjula’s Vegetarian Indian Cooking videos on YouTube I was in Heaven!!!
I have been following her updates for over a year and made many successful recipes. Recently I started following on her website and blog. Every month now it seems she is running a competition where you [...]
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Re-Starting The Frugal Zeitgeist Frugal Living Forum
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Forest.
It’s easy to keep writing and preaching and giving my point of view but what I really enjoy is when people leave comments, send me emails and teach me things, challenge my thinking and generally socialize. This is the best thing about the awesome Frugal community that thrives on the web.
A while back I did [...]
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