Elizabeth Willard Thames > Quotes

“Joy is not a “done” to-do list; rather, it’s the ability to appreciate and savor the simplicity of each day’s routine. To not feel that you need a vacation from your life. To know that you’re living as close to your ideal as possible, every single day.”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

“But I'd missed the truism that every sale in the world won't save you as much money as simply not buying anything.”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

“What would you do if you didn’t need your paycheck? What’s your passion in life? And what’s stopping you from making that a reality?”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

“The less money you need to live on, the more you save, and the less you need to earn.”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

“Our consumer culture erects shrines to stuff and encourages us to measure our worth by what we can buy.”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

“We’re taught we can pay for everything we need. Our very lives can be purchased, and by extension, we can buy the rights to a fragmented community of like-minded consumers. Our unifying activity as a culture is shopping, and the one thing we all are is consumers.”
― Elizabeth Willard Thames, Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living