learning to budget- it's not just money

we have been working on this more recently, and now we are using a program called Quicken to itemize and categorize where things go, and we are starting to see patterns in how much we spend in different areas.

it's refreshing and it actually feels more like we have a good handle on where our money is going, instead of just spending it willy nilly.

we are learning to budget our finances, we are learning to budget our time, we are learning to budget our energy..

budgeting doesn't just have to do with money!

everyone has 24 hours in a day, and you are the one to puts your schedule together. getting a handle on what you decide to be busy with is budgeting your time and your energy.

AND you will always be able to tell what is important to someone by what they decide to spend their time and resources on!

it feels good to be able to put something on the calendar if i WANT to, because I don't HAVE to say yes if I don't feel like it's going to be a good use of my time, money and energy. :)

the world will still go around if we step back from the rat race and take control of our lives.