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Been there. Rode it out. Plenty of pain. Plenty of confusion. Plenty of mistakes, Some of them huge. It's somewhat miraculous I'm still here to type about it. But I'm nearer the end, and can say that keeping the nose to the grindstone, and trying as much/often as possible to make fun/games out of minimalism/frugality worked. Yes, good fortune played a role, but not a lottery win kind of role. You'll have some of that. Don't squander it. Build on it.
Some basics you've probably heard before:
- Haste makes waste.
- A <unit of money> saved is a <unit of money> earned (acknowledging inflation will not make the latter quite what it should have been, of course...).
- An hour without a light on means a free hour somewhere down the line (ditto on/with other resources).
- Don't scoff at the value of a little, because lots of littles add up to something big.
- DO NOT GET MARRIED WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING AS MANY OTHERS YOU TRUST TO GIVE YOU STRAIGHT ANSWERS ABOUT YOU AND THE OTHER AND THE CHANCES OF YOUR BLENDING LASTING.
- You can be just as happy/fulfilled right where you're at as anywhere else, so don't blow time/resources chasing happiness/fulfillment elsewhere.
- Post to Midnight Pub as much as possible. :-)