I’m new here … and very excited about my new life change! As a child/teen/young adult, I was always the one that truly didn’t “want” for anything … it wasn’t because I came from a well-to-do family either. I truly just don’t seem to want extra or unnecessary things … I’m very happy with having little or “just enough”. But somewhere along the way, I got off track. Over the past 6 years, My husband and I got very used to buying anything/everything or little hearts desired! Never did we plan for something or look forward to getting it … it was instant gratification for us! And I’m tired of it! We worked our bottoms off to provide for that lifestyle … yet we still found ourselves in credit card debt. All this frivolous spending has made me nervous and irritated. I’m realizing that I am happier on a tight budget – it just makes choices in life easier.
Well, it’s time for a change! Back to a frugal way of life! I’m happy to be making this change. I feel free again! I’m hoping my husband gets with the program too. So far we have made many changes: Changed careers and moved to be closer to family, took a smaller salary in exchange for more time with family, sold our brand new autos and purchased more older ones (which cut our payments by 70%), down-sized our house (cutting our mortgage by 50%), accept hand-me-downs for our children’s waredrobes, taken our unnecessary items to Good Will, started eating at home more, are planning a summer garden, entertaining ourselves more at home …
If any of you have other suggestions on what has worked for you, I’m all ears! Thanks! And good luck to all.
