Ultimate Cheapskate
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2008
- Messages
- 134
Good morning.
I realize that I’ve already breeched forum protocol by jumping right into the conversation before formally introducing myself. It’s true what my poooor wife says about me, “I can’t take you anywhere.”
I’m Jeff Yeager and I live near Washington, DC. I’m 50 years old, and four years ago I essentially retired after working 25 years as a CEO and fundraiser in the nonprofit sector. Well, actually, “retired” is the wrong word; I became, as I like to say, “selfishly employed,” having the financial freedom to do whatever the heck I want, without worrying about collecting a regular paycheck.
Oddly enough – and through no initiative of my own – I’d no sooner dropped out when I was “discovered” by the NBC Today Show, which branded me “The Ultimate Cheapskate.” In reality they only confirmed what my poooooor wife has known for the past 25 years: I am America’s Cheapest Man. I now write about how to enjoy life more by spending less (my first book was published in January – “The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches”), and I occasionally rant about that and related topics on the Today Show and on Discovery’s new Planet Green Network.
So, that’s me. I’m really excited to be part of the ER forum, and I’ve already learned a lot by hanging out here the past couple of weeks. I promise to be on my best behavior.
Stay Cheap!
-Jeff Yeager
The Ultimate Cheapskate
I realize that I’ve already breeched forum protocol by jumping right into the conversation before formally introducing myself. It’s true what my poooor wife says about me, “I can’t take you anywhere.”
I’m Jeff Yeager and I live near Washington, DC. I’m 50 years old, and four years ago I essentially retired after working 25 years as a CEO and fundraiser in the nonprofit sector. Well, actually, “retired” is the wrong word; I became, as I like to say, “selfishly employed,” having the financial freedom to do whatever the heck I want, without worrying about collecting a regular paycheck.
Oddly enough – and through no initiative of my own – I’d no sooner dropped out when I was “discovered” by the NBC Today Show, which branded me “The Ultimate Cheapskate.” In reality they only confirmed what my poooooor wife has known for the past 25 years: I am America’s Cheapest Man. I now write about how to enjoy life more by spending less (my first book was published in January – “The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches”), and I occasionally rant about that and related topics on the Today Show and on Discovery’s new Planet Green Network.
So, that’s me. I’m really excited to be part of the ER forum, and I’ve already learned a lot by hanging out here the past couple of weeks. I promise to be on my best behavior.
Stay Cheap!
-Jeff Yeager
The Ultimate Cheapskate