Sublime

Avoid generating waste and find ways to use the waste of others. Learn to use the system to your advantage, but don't be evil! Serve yourself rather than having others serve you. Instead, help them. Keep running costs down but pay for value. Maintain health to avoid the personal and monetary cost of sickness. Build up the capital to live as a capit

In my own lexicon, being a “cheapskate” is a virtue, not a vice. It’s not about being greedy or dishonest, and it’s not about sacrifice or deprivation. It’s all about choices—deciding what’s really important in your life (particularly those things that come without a price tag) and skipping the rest.

favorite friend of mine is an übercollector, one of the biggest guys in the memorabilia business, and trust me, he is no nerd. He might be an ex-hippy, but he’s also a sexy stud, and he’s made a fortune from auctioning music and movie memorabilia. That’s the kind of guy you could stumble across at a hobby or fan convention.

Yet, despite spending ungodly amounts at restaurants and bars, in just a couple of years John has saved more than almost any of my friends.