Get family on board: Frugal living seems filled with sacrifices. You can feel as if you’re alone and swimming against the current. It can be tough to convince your family to waste less and spend wisely to reach your goals if they view frugality as deprivation or if they think small amounts don’t make a difference. Add up just one wasteful purchase for a month. Maybe it’s junk food, soda pop  or utility usage. It might add up to $50 or more. Ask your family, if you gave them (insert amount of money wasted) right now what would they do with it. Then explain that’s the amount of wasteful spending you tracked for a month on a single area in the family budget.