Lifestyle Choice

So, what did we do? We made the choice that we wanted to change. We wanted to work on projects and crafts that we had been putting off for years. So, we sat down and listed our goals for our new lifestyle. We also put time frames to our goals. And, we developed the action plans that we needed to implement today to meet our goals for a lifestyle change. For us, a simpler lifestyle meant one which simplicity played a big role in.

As I mentioned previously, we did have financial obligations, we did have a young family so we could not just quit our jobs and implement our goals. Our goals had a ten year time frame. But, what was critical for us was our goals gave us hope. We could now see where we were going rather than just living day to day. When we felt frustrated or overwhelmed, we would visualize how we would feel once we reached our goals and truly, this did help.

The other thing that we did was that we started to read everything we could on simplicity, on being frugal and on how to recycle properly. We read inspirational quotes and short stories that motivated us to keep on going when we felt like our goals were impossible to reach.

I think the most important part of our goal setting was our action plans. Obviously, for us to achieve freedom from the rat race required good financial planning. Our action plans made sure that we would be able to financially support ourselves once we quit our jobs.