“Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.” – Mates of State, Get Better
People who know about this project often ask me how things have changed. And with the exception of the financial category, concrete improvements are hard to come by. Even in the financial category, money still feels tight – I think it always [...]
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“I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.” ~ Martin Luther (1546 c.e.)
Yesterday I was talking about my project and how I thought it was possible to greatly improve one’s own life in just ten percent of that individual’s given time. Then I began talking about [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-53-is-there-ever-enough-time/
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Disclaimer] I am not a doctor. I am not your doctor. I can only tell you how I did it. I make no claims as to how this would work for you. [/Disclaimer]
I am writing this as [...]
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“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 [...]
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“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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“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/
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.” ~Lee Iacocca
Yesterday, I took the day off blogging as well as the project – I have a lot to make up for this week in order to hit quotas. My sister came to visit and I spent [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-16-family/
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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