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Mary Hunt is a woman on a mission.
This book—best read as a follow-up to Hunt’s Debt-Proof Living—breathes with a passion and encouraging spirit that go beyond technical advice on how to live on the cheap.
`Truth be told, Hunt doesn’t want you to live `on the cheap’. That’s what the last six words of the book’s title aim to say. She thinks you can live wisely and affordably while still enjoying your life, if you make the hard choice to do so.
Hunt has been deeply in debt herself, so she knows what it costs in human and relational terms to dig out of such a situation. She mingles tough words about the need to do that with warm encouragement that you can do this. People who’ve struggled with debt no how much both of those voices are needed from people close to them. Hunt wants to remain that close, and will sign you up for her web-based support if you ask (and pay a modest fee).
The author believes that you need the right combination of attitude and grit to get out of debt and live on 80% of what you make, plus some learn-able smarts to get you there. You’ll have to come up with the attitude and grit on your own. She aims to help you with the smarts.
This is not a difficult read. Hunt wants to teach you the basic about how to live on less than you make so that you can escape the juggling act of living on more. I found the chapters on work `uniform’ (`No More Back-of-the-Closet Mistakes’) most helpful, but there are plenty of other helpful sections that’ll help you with the areas of your spending plan (Hunt hates the word `budget’) that hemhorrage in your household.
A worthwhile book, especially if you need an encouraging word as you face the monster.
Canter Bridge 
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