No, really. No economics degree, hell, not even any Journalism School training is needed if you've got killer insights like USA Today columnist Craig Wilson, who titles his most recent column—and I shit you not—The key to saving money? Just don't spend it:

With the year more than half over, maybe now is a good time to revisit the pledge I made back in January: the pledge not to buy anything for a year.

I did this five years ago and found the experience cleansing. And not that difficult, oddly enough. Many of you even joined me in my crusade to simplify. Others wrote in to question my sanity.

The rules, which I cleverly made up myself, remained the same and give me an out every now and then. I'm allowed to buy books and music because they are nurturing things. I can buy gifts for friends and spend for travel. Those are also good things. But just going out and buying things for myself, the answer remains the same.

I'm guessing that with those "rules," he still shops for groceries.

He goes on to mention that one of the purchases he reluctantly made was "a prayer stick, which I probably do need, but an unnecessary purchase nonetheless," which he bought during a visit to Ethiopia.

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