My husband was listening to the radio at work and said there was a segment on money saving. He said it was the most useless stupid information ever and none of it applied to us because we weren't image-obsessed technofreaks. Which is hysterical considering I own two petticoats and have a serial port tattooed to my neck, but I digress...
They were giving advice like don't buy takeaway because it can add up (we NEVER buy takeaway, we think it's kinda gross and expensive)
Then they had people call in to ask them if they had no money, what could they NOT live without? ....Foxtel (Cable TV), Internet, Iphones... and the first thing I said to my husband was, "Duh, food. But I'd probably stock up on seeds first." Foxtel would be the FIRST to go (yeah we have it, but dude, it's STUFF).
We have iPhones, we have fancy shoes, we have nice things and like nice things, we work very very hard and money is a big motivator for the both of us - we're very work driven people... but in the end we're both smart enough to know it's JUST STUFF. JUST MONEY. Yeah we work our little hearts out for it 6 days a week usually, but we're not so glued to our little electric lives that we NEED it. We have it because we like and enjoy it from the fruits of our labours. I grew up very very poor so becoming middle class (I still think it's upper, but society says middle. I don't care, I can afford FOOD, that seems rich to me) is a whole big huge deal for me.
But we both know, he grew up on a farm, I grew up in the slums... we both made what we have in less than 10 years. We can do it again. Nothing more than a bit of hard work, some tenacity and honesty... get you places.
