Comments on: Money, Diets, and Your Purpose in Life

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:35:45 +0000

AMEN! Very thought provoking post Lynnae! Thanks for sharing.

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:46:02 +0000

What an inspiring read. My husband and I are also trying our hardest to get out of debt and our weakness is eating out. Just mainly on the weekends tho. It’s our only vice so to speak so I guess that’s not too bad!; )

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:43:28 +0000

That would be “Philippians.” Pardon my spelling error!

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:41:16 +0000

How timely! Our pastor talked about Philipians 4:13 this Sunday in his sermon! :)

By: fathersez

fathersez — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:59:33 +0000

You have your goal post on life very well defined and in sight.

There may be little deviations here and there, but once you have the post in your sight, making the required corrections and getting there will be that much easier.

All the best in your journey, Lynnae

By: Lynnae

Lynnae — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:57:18 +0000

Thanks, everyone! It’s hard to find the balance sometimes, especially since I tend to be an all or nothing type of person. It’s hard for me to find middle ground and stay there.

@glblguy – After school activities make things rough for us, too, though it will be easier now that Jim gets off work earlier. He can have soccer practice duty this spring. I’ll stay home and cook. :)

@ Finally Frugal – I need to find a way to track things, too. Having a visual reminder of my goals and how I’m doing always helps.

By: Finally Frugal

Finally Frugal — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:58:18 +0000

Your Money or Your Life is one of the key books that got me started thinking about how I spend my money, and whether the things I buy really ‘match’ with my values. I love that you’ve found a great way to question yourself with each decision/purchase (i.e. “Does this help me honor God?”) For me, I’m still at the want versus need stage: do I NEED that new cell phone, or do I really just want it because it’s kind of cool?

I actually created the spreadsheet from YMOYL so that I could track my spending and also create a visual reminder of whether each of my purchases (not matter what it was) contributed to my sense of fulfillment and helping me support my own values. It has really helped me!

Thanks for a great post!

By: Glblguy from Gather Little by Little

Glblguy from Gather Little by Little — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:14:23 +0000

Awesome article Lynnae. I’m with you, our big weakness is eating out as well. My wife likes to cook and is a very good cook, we just always seem to have something going on for our kids in the evening and her cooking dinner, us eating and being where we need to have the kids by 5:00 or 6:00 is hard.

Amen sister! :-)

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:47:04 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks for sharing. Pleasing God is impossible, except through the finished work of His Son. We’re still expected to try, though. :)

By: RacerX

RacerX — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:18:03 +0000

Great Post…Having a plan is really the difference between being alive and Living!