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By Cameron Huddleston, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger.com
May 18, 2011
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It's been a tough week. Both of my kids were sick. My husband had a health scare (he's still not out of the woods). I found out that a family member was diagnosed with cancer. And my cat died.
However, Trent Hamm's post on his blog, The Simple Dollar, helped inspire me to remember the good things in my life now. In Overlooking the Free Things, Trent reminds us to enjoy the things life gives us. "There is so much more to be had from the sensation of a child holding your hand or the smell of freshly grown grass than there is from almost anything I could throw my money at," he writes. "Why not preserve those experiences and give yourself countless opportunities to enjoy them by being careful with your spending?"
Here's some more inspirational advice from around the Web:
If You Did Just One Thing This Year ... [Budgets Are Sexy]
"What would it be? Financially speaking?"
How to Zig When Others Zag: The Contrarian Approach to Personal Finances [Frugal Dad]
This whole contrarian approach to finance won’t make you very popular at dinner parties, but it just might help you avoid debt and build wealth.
Celebrating Frugal Role Models [Get Rich Slowly]
No matter how much we may try to eschew it, we subconsciously keep up with the Joneses. The trick is to encourage simplicity and frugality by cultivating close relationships with people who are living the way we want to live, and spending the way we want to spend.
4 Easy Lifestyle Habits That Lead to Financial Freedom [Moolanomy]
"The way you live your life can actually have a big impact on how much money you save in the long-term."
Stop Worrying About How You Got Into Debt, Start Focusing on How to Get Out [The Digerati Life]
"There will be plenty of time to analyze your mistakes once you’ve established a plan and a workable flexible way to climb out of debt."
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