Occasionally Darrin will send me an article he finds on Yahoo that he thinks I'd like. We actually both love our "Yahoo articles" and talk about them quite a bit.
He sent me this little tidbit today and I must say I found it super interesting and really inspiring. For those of you who don't want to leave my riveting prose to read the article I'll give you the gist of it. It's an article written by a husband and father of two who's family is living comfortable on only $40,000 a year. His wife is a stay at home mom and he is a teacher.
In the article he talks about how it was all about long-term planning for his family. He also says the best piece of advice he has is that if broke people are making fun of you, you're doing something right.
In today's world where everything is judged on having something bigger and better than the person next to you I think what this family is doing is really inspirational. They are living very comfortably and well within their means and still enjoying life. They're not trying to keep up with the Joneses, but are making the decisions that are best for their family. It makes me want to start trimming the fat and doing what is best for our family and not what will make us look good to others. If a family of four can do it, I'm sure our little family of 2 (plus three four-legged creatures) can!
Does anyone else think they could trim a little bit off our their budget? Where would you start the cuts?
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