Living on Less -- Cutting Back Yet Again
In my quest to live on less, I took what I consider to be a really big step. It's kind of silly, really, but to me it is quite huge. I actually had to take a deep breath and repeat several times that everything is going to be okay in making this decision. You'd think I was jumping into the deep end of a pool after just one or two swimming lessons. I've made the commitment to not buy another book for at least a year. Instead, I will borrow any book I want to read from my college library or the city library. There. It's official since it's in writing. To celebrate, I requested a book through inter-library loan, and I'm really excited about it getting here and me getting the email that I can pick it up at the library's front desk. And . . . I'm so excited about riding my bike to the public library to get a new library card. I haven't had one of those in probably ten years. Maybe even longer. Plus, my college now has a bookshelf in the main ha...