Over the past few years, my husband and I have become members of two area museums and the experience has become such an integral part of our lives I wanted to tell you about it. Initially, we were given memberships as gifts, but now I can’t imagine letting the relatively small yearly cost stop us […]
Another righteous* post from Married With Luggage
As many of you know, I’ve been checking in with Betsy and Warren Talbot from Married With Luggage as they realize their dream of traveling the world. Since I last shared one of their posts with you, they’ve gone from being on a 3-year journey to making a decision to travel full-time. That means it’s gone […]
20 Questions to ask your parents…
The following is a reprint of a previously published post. It’s almost two years old, so many of you may not have seen it the first time. …or your grandparents, if they’re still alive. That’s my dear grandmother in the photo. She died two years ago, but I know she wouldn’t mind if I used […]
Checking in with Married With Luggage
Betsy and Warren Talbot of Married With Luggage are celebrating six months of travel with this phenomenal post about what they’ve learned along the way. You may remember Betsy and Warren from this guest post a few months ago, called “How Downsizing Upsized Our Lives.” The adventurous duo spent two years getting rid of everything they owned, […]
How buying less stuff can be empowering
I made the decision to join The Compact and live a nonconsumer lifestyle as an experiment, because I wanted to learn to live on less money and embrace a less materialistic lifestyle that I had a sense would make me happier. Almost two years later, I can’t imagine ever going back. A new reader has inspired […]
Happy Links
This post could be titled “Ten Alternative Pick-Me Ups to sugar, caffeine, alcohol, or shopping,” but that’s kind of long, so let’s call it a subtitle. I’m using this photo because I think my friend and I both look pretty happy. I love this post by Kristen at The Frugal Girl about contentment. I won’t […]