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I have really cut back on what I own these days…

As parents, one of the things that we have learned is that people put unnecessary limitations on children, and because of that, limit what’s possible for them and their family. People say 3 is too young to teach them about money, or that they can never understand adult concepts.

They may not completely grasp every idea or concept but they are very good at acting like a sponge. I did a bible study with someone from my church that focused on marriage and children, specifically being a better parent. One of the things I learned from that is that instead of limiting what our children know and do, TEACH them! SHOW them! HELP them! <~~~That has been key for us!

People get upset with their kids and never realize that their kids don't understand because they can't, they don't understand because you have to show them what you expect of them. The other component to this is to make learning fun. If they are having fun, no matter what they are learning, they will grow so much faster.

Whew, so what am I getting at? Your kids can learn how to manage their money and become less wasteful minimalists as well. My son was excited to be helping other kids out by getting rid of some toys he doesn't play with. LOL that's amazing when you think about it because kids are generally protective of their toys. Minimalism can teach our kids a lot about life and that I am excited about showing them.

My next post on minimalism will be a letter to family in friends titled: Dear Family and Friends, Just Because You Bought It Doesn’t Mean We Have To Keep It.

That will be a hard post, simply because some will take it as us being ungrateful. We just want to share the changes we are making and want our family and friends to understand that we are becoming minimalistic in our life, and if you buy lots of gifts for Issac or Noah we may eventually decide that it has to go. (In other words, don’t get your feelings hurt ot take it personally.) LOL

I always love chatting with you Dena! Stop by anytime!

The fact that your children are learning such valuable lessons at a young age is utterly inspiring. You and your wife are fabulous parents.

I cannot wait to hear how it goes as you move forward on this journey!

We have been burned more by selling outside of the country, where you can’t use tracking to make sure they got it. they get it, then say they didn’t get it and you have to, according to Ebay, pay the. There is no way to prove they didn’t.

I wrote a post a few years ago that detailed our process. You are probably past the basics at this point but I will post it anywy for the benefit of others.

Selling on Ebay is as Easy as 1-2-3!

This has changed ouor life and sent us in a new direction that will enable us to live our life without having to manage a bunch of crap in between. Life is too valuable to let clutter bring you down. we found that it was sometimes depressing to look around and see how much stuff that needed to be cleaned when it was tie to clean. sometimes we quite honestly looked the other direction, which only made things worse.

Having less to clean up and manage makes life so much more awesome!

Come back and see me again sometime KelsaLynn!

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We decided that if it was easy to sell with little time commitment, we would sell it. Otherwise, off to Goodwill! we did break that unknowingly by entering the consignment sale. It was the first one we had ever done, and we had NO IDEA of how tie consuming that process was. Mt wife listed 180 things or something. CRAZY!

The reason we were willing to part with things we could have sold, is because we decided that our time was too important and that the sacrifice was worth it. It’s already hard enough to tear up your house to find stuff to get rid off, why make it any more painful?

Good luck to you and I hope you are able to rid yourself of anything and everything that gets in your way!

That’s the way to do it for sure. It’s so much EASIER to keep the house neat and tidy when there is less clutter and stuff lying around. I am loving it!

Yeah it is such a great feeling to look around and not feel constricted. haha! We still have a lot to do though. I’m not sure I will ever be able to have all my things on one list like Baker did, but hey you never know.

Renting vs. Owning is a very controversial subject. kind of like credit cards vs. debit cards! The Great Credit Card Debate will be happening starting in April on Enemy of Debt and Budgets Are Sexy. That will be exciting! You know how me and J Money do it. LOL It happened on your blog!