Because I'm Home: Doing without but not forever

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Doing without but not forever

Something that has always helped me be hopeful instead of feel like I'm missing out, is to create a wish list.

I do still get asked from time to time by family what I would like for my birthday or Christmas. Having a list of things that have tugged at your heart over the months means you're not just getting stuff for the sake of getting stuff. It's something you've looked forward to for a long time.

So this week I made a kitchen gadget board on pintrest. It was the ideal format since I didn't have a clue what most of them are actually called, and needed to go by picture.

It has already removed a nagging, longing kind of feeling from the "but I want to have what I want!" part of my brain and relieved me of even the energy of trying to remember what it was that I wanted in the first place.

I have no idea if this link will work, but I'm attempting to include it here

1 comment:

Gramma RosieMarch 8, 2015 at 9:54 PM
How dull life would be if we didn't have dreams and ideas and imaginations. You've found a good place to capture it all.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

This old Pioneer proverb that has echoed in my mind throughout various stages of life is the basis for these ideas and my current mantra as I fulfill the role of a stay at home contributor to my family. Because I'm home, I have time to devote to planning, preparing, working on, and seeing through more frugal endeavors. I can invest my time in a different kind of payoff- saving money instead of earning it.

This blog chronicles my attempts and serves as a reference as well as a source of accountability. My desire is to fill every day with meaningful work that blesses my home, because I'm here.

Consuming less

Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all.

- Julie B. Beck