Comments on: Big or Small? Sorting Out Your Financial Priorities http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/ one family's quest for positive cash flow Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sara http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Sara Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:24:17 +0000 http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/?p=555#comment-169 @Dennis: Yeah, after awhile it's like, donuts, what did I ever see in you? @Dennis: Yeah, after awhile it’s like, donuts, what did I ever see in you?

]]> By: Sara http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Sara Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:22:56 +0000 http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/?p=555#comment-168 @Thebe: Thanks for the inspiration. Glad things are easing up for you. Now that we'll finally have some breathing room, and can start saving and setting some goals/priorities, I'm actually a little intimidated to take the next steps. Pent-up demand and all (shoes/clothing being one category, actually). But excited, too. I hope we'll join you in the debt-free club by 2011! @Thebe: Thanks for the inspiration. Glad things are easing up for you. Now that we’ll finally have some breathing room, and can start saving and setting some goals/priorities, I’m actually a little intimidated to take the next steps. Pent-up demand and all (shoes/clothing being one category, actually). But excited, too. I hope we’ll join you in the debt-free club by 2011!

]]> By: Thebe http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Thebe Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:05:44 +0000 http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/?p=555#comment-167 Wow, that almost could have been me writing that post. We ran up too much debt in 2005-2006 and never followed through with our plans to sell our house. In 2007, my husband's job was is danger and he received another great job offer on the West Coast. We moved, but it nearly broke us with nine months of paying both rent in the West Coast and a mortgage in Michigan until we sold the house last year. For us, cutting costs with both big and little things help. We live in a small apartment, sold both our cars, watch our spending and don't use credit cards. But we do pay for our son's expensive preschool, since it's a temporary cost that reaps big rewards. It's all a matter of priorities. Meanwhile, we hope to be debt-free by 2011. It's a marathon, not a race, so we add to a savings account and don't budget so tightly that we can't afford shoes. Wow, that almost could have been me writing that post. We ran up too much debt in 2005-2006 and never followed through with our plans to sell our house. In 2007, my husband’s job was is danger and he received another great job offer on the West Coast. We moved, but it nearly broke us with nine months of paying both rent in the West Coast and a mortgage in Michigan until we sold the house last year.

For us, cutting costs with both big and little things help. We live in a small apartment, sold both our cars, watch our spending and don’t use credit cards. But we do pay for our son’s expensive preschool, since it’s a temporary cost that reaps big rewards. It’s all a matter of priorities. Meanwhile, we hope to be debt-free by 2011. It’s a marathon, not a race, so we add to a savings account and don’t budget so tightly that we can’t afford shoes.

]]> By: Dennis Cass http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Dennis Cass Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:17:57 +0000 http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/?p=555#comment-165 Very well done. I needed to hear that bit about the cavalier attitude about the $10 here and the $20 there. Perhaps not coincidentally I also minimize the donuts I eat. A little more discipline in the present does add up. Very well done. I needed to hear that bit about the cavalier attitude about the $10 here and the $20 there. Perhaps not coincidentally I also minimize the donuts I eat. A little more discipline in the present does add up.

]]> By: Fianance http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/2009/03/big-or-small-sorting-out-your-financial-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Fianance Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:28:55 +0000 http://cashonthebarrelhead.net/?p=555#comment-163 These are tough times and every penny saved...is penny earned! Thanks for the great read! These are tough times and every penny saved…is penny earned!
Thanks for the great read!

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