The Art of Frugal Hedonism, Revised Edition

A guide to spending less while enjoying everything more

Annie Raser-Rowland

With Adam Grubb

The Art of Frugal Hedonism
Pages:224 pages
Book Art:Black and white illustrations throughout
Size: 5.8 x 8.3 inch
Publisher:Melliodora Publishing
Pub. Date: July 2, 2024
ISBN: 9780645606539

The Art of Frugal Hedonism, Revised Edition

A guide to spending less while enjoying everything more

With Adam Grubb

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Welcome to Frugality Version 2.0. Never has such a compelling case been made for putting your wallet away and looking around at every other form of pleasure with freshly attentive eyes.

Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb are lifelong cheapskates who operate on the principle that enjoying life is a lot more likely to happen if you learn how to do it on little or no money. Decades of this approach saw them realize they also had more free time, savings, and flexibility than many of their more fiscally-oriented peers. Not to mention smaller ecological footprints, and blissful immunity to a raft of common modern ills, from social isolation to obesity.

The Art of Frugal Hedonism, Revised Edition reveals their core strategies for lowering your consumption while raising your quality of life. Whether you are already challenging cultural consumption assumptions and would love a little backup, or are looking for a real kickstart to help you revise your current relationship with spending, there is something in here for you.

 

Reviews and Praise

  • “What a terrific idea, a book showing how frugal living can be pleasurable. Not the kind of smug pleasure of the drop-out or the feeling of moral superiority that comes with driving a Prius (yes, that’s me), but real actual sensual pleasure… The free-est and most contented people pretty much follow the advice in The Art of Frugal Hedonism.”—Clive Hamilton, author of Growth Fetish and co-author of Affluenza


More Reviews and Praise


  • “Total page turner… I just ate it up.”—Davina Adamson

  • “An invaluable harvest of tips oozing with hedonistic wit and wonder. Packed with ideas about why and how we are to live with less to ensure we have a hell of a lot more.”—Meg Ulman, co-author of The Art of Free Travel

  • “Liberate yourself from the work-to-spend cycle and become a frugal hedonist! This is the inspired message in this life-changing gem of a book. In an age that is obsessed with consumer trinkets and oblivious to waste, the philosophy of frugal hedonism provides a welcome and necessary antidote. The simplicity of this message is profound. Be frugal and be free.”—Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute



Reviews and Praise

  • “What a terrific idea, a book showing how frugal living can be pleasurable. Not the kind of smug pleasure of the drop-out or the feeling of moral superiority that comes with driving a Prius (yes, that’s me), but real actual sensual pleasure… The free-est and most contented people pretty much follow the advice in The Art of Frugal Hedonism.”—Clive Hamilton, author of Growth Fetish and co-author of Affluenza

More Reviews and Praise
  • “Total page turner… I just ate it up.”—Davina Adamson

  • “An invaluable harvest of tips oozing with hedonistic wit and wonder. Packed with ideas about why and how we are to live with less to ensure we have a hell of a lot more.”—Meg Ulman, co-author of The Art of Free Travel

  • “Liberate yourself from the work-to-spend cycle and become a frugal hedonist! This is the inspired message in this life-changing gem of a book. In an age that is obsessed with consumer trinkets and oblivious to waste, the philosophy of frugal hedonism provides a welcome and necessary antidote. The simplicity of this message is profound. Be frugal and be free.”—Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute

About Annie Raser-Rowland

Annie Raser-Rowland is a horticulturalist and artist, and works at CERES nursery in Melbourne, giving people advice on how to grow lots of tomatoes. She is the co-author (with Adam Grubb) of The Weed Forager’s Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia (Hyland House, 2012), which has sold over 15,000 copies. Their weekly spending, on everything except housing, is less than a quarter of the Australian average.

Books by Annie Raser-Rowland

The Art of Frugal Hedonism