I live an abundant life on a small, private pension.
I live an abundant life on a small, private pension.
This website provides tips and encouragement for others that want to simplify their life, reduce consumerism, reduce the waste of the planet’s resources, and be more content with what they already have.
A simple, frugal life does not have to involve feeling poor without luxuries, or be just about surviving.
You can feel rich in so many other ways. Through planning, having a positive mindset, using nature’s resources, and by reducing waste, it is possible to thrive, and live your best life, even on a small income.
Latest from my blog
Top foods to buy now before prices increase
I have always followed world news, financial markets, and watched harvests and weather conditions. This has saved me lots of money for years. For example, I slowly stocked up on on olive oil and coffee [...]
Be proactive and don’t panic.
Our household at the moment has lost more than 50% of it's income due to unexpected ill health that came right of the blue. No warning, and none of the expected health risks that someone [...]
Stretching a bar of chocolate further.
My name is Toni Graham and I am a chocoholic. 😊. Up until recently, a day would not go by without me having chocolate in some form or other. However, chocolate and cocoa have really [...]
Frugally adding vitamins and minerals to my diet
This is the 2nd in a series about how we make sure that we have enough nutrition in our diet, whilst living on a low budget. Vitamins are needed for a lot of different functions [...]
Adding protein frugally
Mr S is coming home from hospital next week. He has lost a lot of weight and ironically I noticed that his hospital food had very little protein in it. He looks like he is [...]
Crispy Biscoff squares
I made these for a buffet table recently, and they went down really well. They are a twist on an old classic that my mum made me as a child, and are an easy no [...]
Finding Freedom in my latter life
Freedom is one of my most important values. The freedom to be me. It took me a long time to achieve it. At last I am taking the opportunity to live my life the way [...]
Experimenting with seed snails.
I only found out about this way of sowing seeds recently. Apparently seed snails have been trending for 2 or 3 years, and people have had positive results. I am attracted to it as it [...]
Favourite recipes
Using affordable ingredients and what you already have in the store cupboards, as well as what you can grow and forage.
