And we talked about how we are now different, how we now make different decisions, and how we are teaching our kids to make different, better decisions, too.

For us, it’s now almost like a game…we look around asking ourselves what can we eliminate? What expense can we lower? Are there more things we can do without?

Lastly, you are your best chance at taking hold of your finances!

Get your budget meeting on the calendar just like you would any other commitment you are serious about attending.

Budgeting is a two-person job!

We had to be patient while also putting in the time. We had to be patient even when we wanted to give up.

Sometimes I think we get so wrapped up in the way we think things should be, or the way we think things should be done, that we allow that to stop us from doing anything at all.

In our recent reflections, we’ve assessed everything.

It was in these moments we discovered that when posed with the question of what we value most—time or money—we wished we could have said, “time.” But we looked around and realized that was not the life we were living.

Whether it is buying the things, storing the things, sorting the things, or even purging the things, we have found that by having less we are getting more of what we really want, which is more TIME!

How do we ensure we are saying yes to what God truly intends for us to do?

I don’t want my kids to think leaving home in the dark to return in the dark is a goal worth achieving.