By Trent Hamm
In 2008, I published a book entitled 365 Ways to Live Cheap. The book itself is pretty straightforward. It’s a collection of 365 specific tactics for saving money. The experience writing the book was an interesting process, however.
I had the genesis of the idea not too long after I started The Simple Dollar. I had originally been thinking of using the “365 Ways to Live Cheap” idea as a yearlong series of posts in 2008 and so I started on the project in early 2007, compiling a list of tactics and researching each one a little.
I kept this as a folder on my computer desktop for two years, as the project moved from a post series to a long book to a much shorter book. I tossed in little facts, some anecdotes, and other materials for each entry.
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