The Goals As They Stand
Neofrugal Family
I want my children to understand the relationship of money and saving and value.
I want to get the most out of our family entertainment/recreation/vacation budget.
I want all members of my family to understand their values and respect our values.
I want my children to value experiences more than materials.
I want my children to get as much as possible from their education.
Neofrugal Food
I want to avoid harmful chemicals in my food.
I want to support local food production.
I want to eat a greater variety of fresh food… with my kids.
I want to lower my food costs.
I want to improve my health through diet.
Neofrugal Finances
I want to waste less.
I want to earn more.
I want to make the most of what I’ve got.
I want to give back.
A quick list of the things I’m visualizing in NeoFrugal Notebook. Although when this started, I had a more traditional “save money” slant in mind, I’m coming around to the idea that the real key to NeoFrugal is understanding what value means to you as an individual and as a family. One of my favorite bloggers, Trent at The Simple Dollar, has mentioned more than once about spending on what truly makes you happy, and saving on the rest; again, you have to have the insight to know what truly makes you happy. In a song from, wow, must be fourteen or so years ago now, I wrote “your passions turn to clutter there in front of your eyes,” revealing the underlying issues I’ve had of identifying what was really important to me.
Off we go trying to fix that.
