Today I read a post by April Hayden-Munson about how her household has cut back on some budget items in the current times. She had some bad results when she cut down on her asthma medications, but the lesson she brought up was an important one... realizing how "the other half" lives every day.
Tim & I have also cut back on some things. Since I'm in Real Estate and he's in Mortgages, we've gotten slapped with the double whammy this year. But in our cutbacks, we found some extra bonuses:
- Cut back to basic cable... found out that most of the shows we like are streaming on the internet anyways! Savings: about $50 (I actually upgraded our internet to a faster speed so I could work faster and watch shows. we plug the laptop into our big screen tv and watch it on the bigscreen)
- Bonus: we're watching less TV and getting more done and making more MONEY!
- Eating out less...not only saving money, but I've lost about 10 pounds! Super Bonus!
- Planning my errands better and combining trips...not only saves money, but I'm saving a bunch of TIME
- Moved into a smaller office space... it was a pain to get moved, but we also got rid of a TON of stuff that we were storing that we really didn't need...some we sold on Craigslist, some we gave to people that really needed it.
It's funny, but some people I talk to that are "leaning" up their lives a little bit are really feeling REFRESHED. What I mean is they're getting rid of alot of clutter and distractions in their lives and they feel a lot more freedom when they're not trying to keep up with the Joneses any more.
I think when it comes right down to it, we've had a shake-out in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been needed for quite a while... now that that has happened, those of us that are left are starting to see our business pick up and the future is definately starting to look a whole lot brighter!
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