Comments on: A Frugal Marriage Equals More Passion http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html A better marriage by keeping it simple. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: lindsay http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html#comment-2775 lindsay Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=75#comment-2775 ...having gently helped hundreds of clients to purge and downsize I have seen first hand the vast amount of 'things' we can accumulate and often never use. And how ultimately unhappy stuff can make us. Clients talk of drowning, overwhelmed and stressed out by the clutter; its like the stuff has become a monster that's out of control. And I have lost count of the amount of items I have taken to the Salvation Army wiht the sale tags still attached. Houses with rooms never used piled with 'stuff'. The mantra I get my clients to chant as we work is 'keep what you love and what you use and recycle the rest'...truly the rest is just glob!! The liberation felt once all the clutter has gone is palpable. And a comment I once read and I took to heart was 'small house - big life' :-) Lindsay Hilsenbeck Professional Organizing …having gently helped hundreds of clients to purge and downsize I have seen first hand the vast amount of ‘things’ we can accumulate and often never use. And how ultimately unhappy stuff can make us. Clients talk of drowning, overwhelmed and stressed out by the clutter; its like the stuff has become a monster that’s out of control. And I have lost count of the amount of items I have taken to the Salvation Army wiht the sale tags still attached. Houses with rooms never used piled with ‘stuff’. The mantra I get my clients to chant as we work is ‘keep what you love and what you use and recycle the rest’…truly the rest is just glob!! The liberation felt once all the clutter has gone is palpable. And a comment I once read and I took to heart was ‘small house – big life’ :-)
Lindsay Hilsenbeck
Professional Organizing

]]> By: Shula Jackson http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html#comment-1597 Shula Jackson Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:15:09 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=75#comment-1597 Reminds me of a scene from Sabrina when Sabrina says to Linus Larrabee, "Sometimes more isn't better, Linus. Sometimes it's just more." Reminds me of a scene from Sabrina when Sabrina says to Linus Larrabee, “Sometimes more isn’t better, Linus. Sometimes it’s just more.”

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]]> By: deborah http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html#comment-169 deborah Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:49:30 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=75#comment-169 Thoughts to ponder!!! Why is it that the concept of sacrifice has a negative connotion in our Western culture? Do you think that it is when we discover that nothing "BIG" is required we can strive to live our lives to the fullest and become our true selves? Looking with in our hearts to discover what is true for us and NOT what society tells us and accepting each moment as it comes and trusting that this is enough. Thoughts to ponder!!!
Why is it that the concept of sacrifice has a negative connotion in our Western culture? Do you think that it is when we discover that nothing “BIG” is required we can strive to live our lives to the fullest and become our true selves?
Looking with in our hearts to discover what is true for us and NOT what society tells us and accepting each moment as it comes and trusting that this is enough.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html#comment-165 Laurie Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:52:16 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=75#comment-165 Sorry about not coming to clean out your stuff, but I am making plans to clean out mine. This summer after school is out, I am purging. My house is not very big and it is stuffed to the max. I don't feel good in it because of all the stuff. It is so funny that you wrote on this topic as it was the topic of the sermon yesterday in church. We have fewer people in our families and yet live in bigger houses. Collin County is the most in debt county in the US. Unbelievable. I think that until we disassociate self worth and success with the size of your house and toys, this will continue to be a problem. Me? I want a few nice things (cell phone, ipod, laptop, indoor plumbing) and I want my house to be nice but big and nice are different. I would rather have experiences than things. I think common experiences bring out passion not a big house. I have to admit, I do love my car. It rocks! Sorry about not coming to clean out your stuff, but I am making plans to clean out mine. This summer after school is out, I am purging. My house is not very big and it is stuffed to the max. I don’t feel good in it because of all the stuff. It is so funny that you wrote on this topic as it was the topic of the sermon yesterday in church. We have fewer people in our families and yet live in bigger houses. Collin County is the most in debt county in the US. Unbelievable. I think that until we disassociate self worth and success with the size of your house and toys, this will continue to be a problem. Me? I want a few nice things (cell phone, ipod, laptop, indoor plumbing) and I want my house to be nice but big and nice are different. I would rather have experiences than things. I think common experiences bring out passion not a big house.

I have to admit, I do love my car. It rocks!

]]> By: The Wife http://www.simplemarriage.net/a-frugal-marriage-equals-more-passion.html#comment-164 The Wife Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:14:27 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=75#comment-164 Nice post. We are teetering on the same decision, so your advice is timely! Nice post. We are teetering on the same decision, so your advice is timely!

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