As time goes on, you begin to adopt new priorities. The phases you went through before, start to become different versions of yourself, not quite individual characters, but more like varying shades of you. I’ve been thinking about the past a lot, and how much I’ve changed in just a …
My sanity is dependent on indulging in a little me-time here and there. It’s necessary to occasionally escape from the responsibilities and stresses of being a working mom of three little ones, with extra endeavors on my plate. While I may advocate for multi-tasking whenever possible to maximize your productivity, it’s also important …
As you formulate new strategies in life, priorities start to shift. Much like a line of dominoes, things that you held to be absolute truth for decades of your life can suddenly be thrown out the window. I always believed that I would freely pay any expense we could afford in …
Time for another update. What’s new with the Smith family? Well, we celebrated a birthday, continued our frugal living, paid off more debt, and planned for our awesome future.
I was reading a post yesterday that asked for comments about money epiphanies and what has changed in our life since then. One of the first things that came to mind (besides paying off a ton of debt) was how I created this blog. The original purpose of it was to document …
My youngest is about to turn one year old. I ran into a friend at daycare the other day, who asked about plans for his birthday party. She seemed genuinely confused when I told her that we are not having a party for him. Why in the world would we …
Our town limits the amount of garbage that we can put out to the curb each week. The other morning, Mr. Smith told me about an interesting thing that happened while he was putting out the garbage. He brought our one can to the curb (for a family of five), …
The main purpose of this site is to document our journey out of debt and to financial semi-independence, so it should be no surprise that this update has a lot to do with money. We’re continuing to keep our expenses super low, while finding new ways to increase the amount …
One of the highlights of our weekend was playing Monopoly as a family. We have always liked the game and used to play it on nights spent visiting with friends and drinking a few adult beverages. One of the wedding gifts that we registered for was a fancy wooden version. In more …
And a dollar short? Ha! No, while we could definitely use some more money (who doesn’t?), we continue to make progress on paying off our debt. Recently though, the recurring theme of my days seems to be that I’m always falling behind on something. I remain convinced that working full-time prevents you from …