Lightening your life: While you are reducing your material
footprint; I hope you are also reducing your debt and any negativity in your life
(people?)
Before I started the chain of charitable donations, I made
being debt-free a priority. Reducing
debt significantly means to minimize ALL types of spending—sounds basic but
when you start writing down everything you spend on paper or in a spreadsheet;
I will guess that you will be surprised where it all goes.
Do you consider ‘clutter-free giving’ for holidays and
events? This is something I have been
doing with my family in recent years.
Some exampled for parents are restaurant gift cards—this way they can
either go out or pick-up the food and not have the clean-up or effort to
prepare. Plane tickets are nice when you
know someone will be traveling or they are coming to see you for the
holidays. Business buddies seem to
really like Starbucks or anything that is a treat like ice cream or gelato and
breakfast drive through. You are not
adding to their possessions or something they have to care for or take up
space.
This is another short article about clutter and gifts: http://www.stretcher.com/stories/11/11may30c.cfm
Since making my first temporary move, just over a month ago,
I continued to ‘lighten’ my material possessions so I can be an easy relo
wherever my next employment is located.
I also want to have the time to enjoy a new place and not have to spend
so much time taking care of stuff.
Let me know how your are doing in your ‘lightening’ at lisa@lisaturnbull.com
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