use money as a tool to amass experiences, not objects.

For me this is turning into a way of life. It is simply how I choose to live,

Taking the family on a roadtrip for summer vacation. Lots of time together, hiking, biking, sleeping under the stars.

this is pretty much my view on money anyway, but i figured it’d be a good way to document the things i do toward this goal. point one is travel, of course. this year we’ve been on a cruise, to mexico, and to las vegas. i loved them all.

is the best way to live. This way, it never masters you- you reign over it. Money is a continual power struggle: between us and our materialistic desires.
I’ve at least resigned myself to buying things, only if they have character- and I’ve put a lot of thought into it. Like…I don’t buy my furniture from Walmart, I find vintage pieces and fix them up, or DIY my own. My clothes are either vintage, handmade, made in the US, or thoughtful pieces. I won’t buy cheap, worthless things…and I don’t “impulse buy”.
But, this isn’t so much about buying “things”.
What I really want to do with all of my money is leave. Buy a one way plane ticket out of here. After going traveling, I’ve realized that it’s one of the only things actually worth spending money on, besides good food, books, art, and presents for the ones you love.

We are still trying to make our current space work for us. It’s going to take awhile.
But since we’ve made this choice we can go to Ireland this summer. I just booked the tkts and now have to find some places to stay.
Can’t wait!

We need more space.
We bought this place when it was just the two of us and now there’s four. And two of us are still growing.
We spent a ridicules amount of time trying to figure out what to do. Should we move to a bigger place? Or stay here and try and make it work.
Could we move? We figured we could but we’d have to cut out some things that are very important to us. Like traveling with the kids, we all love it. So after making a list of what we’d gain with moving and what we’d be able to keep doing by staying we decided to stay.

Bottom line: We get rid of some possessions and keep seeing the sights

I think this way of thinking has rubbed off on my older son.
For his birthday he us to take him to a rock climbing gym. It will be a blast.

I’ve sort of doing this already. But I think making it official is a good idea.