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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are little (5&8) but when the pope did his tour, I was REALLY inspired by his message around consumption and excess. Starting October 1 we rrally camped down on spending. I'm embarrassed to say we were spending about 20k/mo. In October we hit 15k and this month we are on track to hit 11k. This for us has been a drastic shift. We were spending lime drunken sailors and our kids were making demands. I have to tell you, it has been SO NICE to have our mid OFC spending and finding ways to have experiences together. I realized my mind was so cluttered with thoughts of thr next purchase. I actually have MORE time on my hands because I'm not spending time spending. We've proudly ate home cooked meals 6 out of 7 days a week. We've put solid limit on Christmas spending

Reading about this OPs kids makes me realize that we are giving them such a great foundation. A foundation not built around excess and entitlement. I only wish we had made this change sooner. The great thing is that I don't miss a single thing about our previous lifestyle. I even scrapped our kitchen remodel. I will live awhile longer with our formica counters, coil cooktop, and ugly 1996 cabinets. I can cook in my current kitchen and build the exact same memories. We now have a lot of cash piling up and vow not to buy anything outrageous until both kids college is fully funded.[/quote]

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