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7: Month 6– Spending

by Angie Smith  •   Oct 1, 2012  •   11 Comments  •  
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Month 1: Food – Guest Post & Link Up
Month 2: Clothes  –  Guest Post – Link Up
Month 3: Possessions –  Guest Post – Link Up
Month 4: Media – Guest Post – Link Up
Month 5: Waste – Guest Post – Link Up

Spending. This is a topic we can all relate too, right? When you really sit down and look at where your money is going, it’s probably surprising. Read below for Jen’s takeaway after a month of only spending money in 7 places.

I’ve discovered reduced consumption doesn’t equal reduced community or reduced contentment. There is something liberating about unplugging the machine to discover the heartbeat of life still thumping. Maybe we don’t need all those wires after all. Maybe we’re healthier unhooked from the life-support of consumerism than we imagined. Is there a less-traveled path through our me-first culture that is more adventurous and fulfilling than the one so heavily trod? One that sacrifices none of the good parts of the story but inspires us to reimagine the sections that are bleeding us all dry?

I think maybe there is.

 

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7 – Month 6: Spending, Bloom (in)courage Book Club from Bloom (in)courage on Vimeo.

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Discuss:

Spend some time looking into how many places you spent money at last month. Are you as surprised by this number as we were? In what areas of your life can you spend less and give more? How can you serve those who are ‘marginalized in your own community’?

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Join us this Wednesday as Lindsey from A Dollop of Life shares a guest post on how her spending habits have affected her life. And if you’ve also shared about this month’s topic on your blog, won’t you link up with us on Friday or share in the comments? We’d love to hear from you!

 

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