I may have embarked on frugality out of necessity rather than choice, but there has been an unforeseen benefit to my new frugal life. One that I wanted to share because I think what often holds us back from taking those first steps to changing our financial position is how we assume it is going to look or feel. Frugality vs Deprivation I never thought of my budget as depriving myself, more spending purposefully… Or did I? Maybe that’s not true, maybe when I first created my budget and I looked at my tiny monthly clothes allowance, and my one bought work lunch a month budget, and what I had…