Living On One Income and Living Well and more...

Here's What's New Living On One Income and Living Well Choose Love Today Watch My Interview with Michael Hyatt from The Influence & Impact Summit! :: Living On One Income and Living Well Jessica at Life As Mom has a great post up on living on one income and living well. Here's a snippet: Fifty years ago it was commonplace for just one parent (usually dad) to work. One income was sufficient to pay the family's bill. Today, there might be a number of reasons why a family would be living on one income. Mom or Dad might be laid off from work or unable to find a job. Mom or Dad might need to leave the workplace for health reasons. Mom or Dad might decide to stay home to care for the children or an aging parent. One parent might be in school or other vocational training. There might only be one parent in the family. Single parenting is a tough job, not to mention it's difficult economically. You don't want to rely on two incomes in case of health or economy-related issues arise in the future. While our family currently earns two incomes, we try as best we can to make it living on one income, mainly because of reason #6. If one of us became unable to work or the economy took a major dive (again), we'd like to be living under our means to be able to weather the storm. I never expected that our family would be as hard pressed as we were in 2007. We'd been living beyond our means and got ourselves in a mess of trouble. Thanks be to God, we got out of debt. Getting out of debt and living on one income have been some of the best things we've ever done. Read the full post here. :: Choose Love Today Wearing this on my arm as a reminder of how I want to live my life today - as a mom, as a wife, as a friend, as a writer, and as a business owner. When I'm tempted to respond in frustration or anger or selfishness, I'm committing to chose love instead. Need more encouragement? Read this post. :: Watch My Interview with Michael Hyatt from The Influence & Impact Summit! If you missed the chance to see me speak at The Influence & Impact Summit online a few weeks ago, you can go here to watch a replay version of my presentation and interview with Michael Hyatt. Also, summit attendees can sign up for the FREE Platform University video series that will encourage you in having more of an impact and getting your unique message out to the world. You received this email because you are registered on www.moneysavingmom.com with the email address panatllc1.kate@blogger.com. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, you can easily unsubscribe here. Money Saving Mom 2020 Fieldstone Parkway, Suite 900 #313 Franklin, TN 37069 © 2008-2015 Money Saving Mom, LLC. All rights reserved.