envelopecraft
/ˈɛnvələʊpˌkrɑːft/nounVerified NewThe deliberate revival of cash-in-envelope budgeting as a practice and an aesthetic, performed partly for the ritual and partly for the control it restores.
Cash is allocated to labelled envelopes for groceries, fuel, and fun, and the emptiness of an envelope ends the category for the month. Envelopecraft is digital-age asceticism, filmed for the feed.
Etym. — envelope + craft — the old method recast as a skill and a hobby.
Rel. — spendsabbath
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