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Living with Less
By Jill Savage

February 2010

  • No
    February 24, 2010

    Today I said “no.” It was in response to something someone asked me to do. I wanted to participate, but I realized that doing so would put too much into one day. I needed to simplify. To leave some margin in my day. To choose less.
     
    Living with less doesn’t always have to be about money. It can also be about living with less stress or living with less activity. 
     

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  • Doing Without
    February 17, 2010

    Three weeks ago the transmission went out in our van. The van is our primary family vehicle and a new transmission isn’t in the budget right now. Putting the cost of the $4,000 repair on a credit card isn’t an acceptable option in our eyes. We do have an emergency fund, but we’re not even considering this an emergency. 
     
    We’ve decided to simply do without…at least until we have the money to pay for the repair. 
     

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Jill Savage is a seven-time author and  Founder and CEO of Hearts at Home, an organization that encourages, educates, and equips moms.  She is the mom of three adult children and two teenagers still at home. You can find Jill online here at Guideposts as well as on her personal blog jillsavage.org or the Hearts at Home blog and website hearts-at-home.org.