I have spent many hours at the computer lately searching for a home for my husband and I. Homes are HUGE these days and HUGE translates easily into EXPENSIVE. Our first apartment together was less than 400 sq feet. We've upgraded to a rental that runs about 900 sq feet but we still don't have any air. Our longterm goal is to be debt free....not so shocking in todays economy but something we have been working on for a while.
I've read many articles on living debt free and living without credit cards and nothing annoys me more than when the article focuses on a family earning 125K/ a year who 'saves thousands' by downgradding cable and cell phone bills. I haven't paid for cable in years. We threw out our cell phones over three years ago. We share a car and its paid off.
I've been out there searching for different ways to save money and I am starting to think most of the advice out there is bunk and we've managed to get things down to a science. Now that we are planning on hopefully buying a home (the only debt we are willing to take on) I'm starting to focus on living more with even less. Less material stuff. We've amassed so many things over the years. I swore I'd never have storage but I do have a ton of stuff packed up at my moms house.
I think its good to store some things, christmas items and winter vs summer clothes. Utilizing some storage is just smart to save money long term. But you should not have so much that it requires to buy a bigger home. My goal is to start focusing on multi-use furniture, home items and ways of living.
I haven't scrap booked in years. I don't have the room to do it. All if it is packed up in a storage bin. Why? I say if I buy a tiny little home I'll carve up corner just for my crafts...well maybe I'll never get there so I'm going to start getting rid of stuff and find my corner somewhere......
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