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Planning on compacting. Dh and I will work on our guidelines together over holiday break. But, the biggest thing for us is going to be: setting a budget with sinking funds (we really already have one worked up, that's not the hard part) and sticking to it. Finally looking like we'll have the income to do that! *crossing fingers* The other is going to be saving up a cushion to tide us over in lean months for my income, since it's freelance and unpredictable.
So the less we can spend in other areas, the better. I think the Not Buying was sort of "all or nothing" and like a diet, we fell off the wagon hard and it was impossible to get back on. I'm hoping the Compacting will be more reasonable. We just don't have the time/energy to *really* devote ourselves to not buying *anything* except necessities. So having a plan to get the things we do need, used/free first, will be key. I like Kimberly's specificity with it...looking ahead and planning might work well for us, like planning specific purchases (for example, we do know, ahem, that when the funds are available, a screen of some sort that's bigger than 9" for watching satellite tv and movies, is going to be a purchase).
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