“He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I was sold a lie. When I was in high school, my parents, my teachers, and all my mentors told me that when I left college, I would leave making a boat-load of money. My dad once told me [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-37-finances-how-i-am-getting-out-of-debt/
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” ~Woody Allen
It is no secret that it is my opinion that my family needs more money. We are doing very well with what we have, but more money would get us out of debt faster, get us going down the road to financial security much [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-31/
“If you want something you never had, then do something you never did.”
I have to admit that I didn’t really consider how much time this tithe of time would take. The whole reason I have created and begun to live this program is that my life was broken. I wanted things I did not have [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-30/
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” ~Mother Teresa
At the beginning of today, I had finished with finances, family, and friendship. I simply need to finish up faith, fitness, and food. Today I worked on two of the three. Unfortunately, I went way over in the financial category and it [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-26/
“When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.” ~John Wesley
I didn’t have a plan for a category to tackle today. I just thought I would live my life and see where it went. It went to me working on five of the six.
Family
Today is Ally, [...]
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“Never mistake motion for action.” ~Ernest Hemingway
I was really busy today, but I wouldn’t say I was taking action. Besides office hours and household shopping, I found myself on the phone with family and friends most of the morning. My dad called to tell me that, while doing some genealogy research, he found out that [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-22-net-worth/
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” ~Mother Teresa
Finishing the Race
Thank goodness I have another day to finish the week’s quotas. Today I spent the morning with Katherine and Christina thrift shopping for a ‘big-girl’ bed for Katherine. We came up [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-20-finishing-up-week-3/
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” ~Henry Ford
Time to rebuild the project. I have been to lackadaisical about when and what days I do my ‘tithe’. While my sister was here – she left this morning – I was still working on the project, but it [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-19-falling-off-wagon/
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
I have a hard time resting.
Food & Finances
I was supposed to take a break from the project today – a sabbath of sorts. I received my paycheck today, so today became grocery shopping day, a day in which I get to see the fruit [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-12-a-day-off/
Your Coupons Are Making You Poor: A Response
Frugal Dad had an article yesterday about how coupons make you poorer, not richer. There are reasons to agree with the article, but a few reasons to continue couponing as well as ways to make sure you do it right.
Here is how I make coupons work for me instead of the other way around.
Reasons to [...]
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