
It’s confession time, friends. I’ve developed a habit over the last six weeks that’s not so frugal. Over the course of the last six weeks, this habit has cost our family roughly $288.57. I was so ashamed of this “splurge” that I didn’t even share it with my debt payoff accountability partner. I shared on Grayson’s site a while back the dangers of the “I Deserve” mindset.
Since our commitment to Gazelle Intensity however, I’ve developed a bit of an “I Don’t Deserve” mindset. Debt payoff can be a difficult taskmaster. It’s difficult to know where to draw the line between gazelle intense debt payoff and living life in a way that maximizes value-based priorities. Read more







Rather, I should say “We’re” movin out. Or, to put it more aptly, we’ve already moved out. Out, away from the rat race, from the temptation to keep up with the Joneses. This Billy Joel classic is one of our family favorites. We played it constantly as we were preparing to ditch our suburbia home for life in hick country, and the song still brings the temptation to flip the bird to rampant consumerism to this day.



