Don't Need Much Money is exactly what it sounds like: a site about needing less, so you have more. More time. More freedom. More room to actually live. The idea is simple. The less money you need to survive, the more time you have to thrive. Lower your living costs, live a healthy lifestyle focused on longevity and mobility, stay out of debt, and build a little savings, and you buy yourself something far more valuable than money: time. Time to do what you actually love, spend with people you care about, and put toward things that matter. This site is my own real life running that experiment. Most of what you'll find here are recipes and day-to-day habits. They aren't filler posts, it's intentional. Cooking from scratch, buying smart, wasting less, eating well, and staying healhty, fit, and limber all without spending much are some of the most direct ways I practice this philosophy day to day. This blog doubles as my own recipe box and exercise notes, and I share it b...
I've experimented with a few different website programs in the search of getting the right balance of cost, functionality, and ease. For this website for now, I've settled on Google's Blogger. You can't beat the cost (free) and you can add a custom URL at no additional cost if you go through Google Domains to buy your URL.
Google Domains only costs $12/year for the URL so that is all I am paying for this website. Pretty awesome, right? The other thing about Blogger being owned by Google is it is optimized for Google's other services. I have the site linked to Google Analytics to monitor traffic and find out how people are discovering me. I am also now eligible for Google AdSense to be able to post ads and potentially turn this into an income generating website.
There are a bunch of other website platforms out there. Sure they may offer better design options or plug ins for things like shopping carts, but they all cost significantly more including monthly charges and extra costs for adding a custom domain.
If you have a simple website in mind, Blogger could be a great option to keep costs minimal and begin to share whatever it is you want to share on the internet. I'll also share tips on how to extend the functionality of Blogger to add things like a shopping cart so you can test and grow your online business with minimal cost.
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