Faith Void

So what are the basics?

In our family we budget in mortgages, necessary bills (gas, water, car ins),
then the communal bills (stuff we all want life Internet and cable) and of
course food. We have some extras that bring us joy, Netflix, WoW, cell
phones, etc. We save for Unschooling trips because they are so important to
us (Malila paid for half of Live and Learn because it was THAT important to
her and we were really short on money). We all have a vision board and we
have a family vision board. We buy what we can or obtain it from other
resources (free clothing store, freecycle, thrift store, etc) We are really
creative :-) When we have money the kids get any lessons they want and
memberships to the places we love to go.

The only thing that we are lacking this year is lessons (they want martial
arts and gymnastics) because we are that tight right now. But they know that
if/when we do have it it will be paid for by us.

We get most of our clothing free but some at the thrift store or yard sales.
We get a lot of toys/games/books at yard sales/freecycle/paperback swap etc.
We put it out to the universe and it usually comes. being poor doesn't have
to feel like poverty.

We go to as many Unschooling gatherings as possible. I find that just saying
we are going makes it happen :-) When I say i can't afford something it just
doesn't come. I am just not open. SO I say we are going and we find a way.

I consider all these things to be basics.

My kids get their allowance and occasional money from relatives. It is
theirs to spend. Anyway they want. It isn't to get things I won't buy them.
It is to get them things I can't buy them. Or save.

Faith


> I pay for clothes, food, lessons and/or equipment, trips, and subcriptions
> (netflix, WoW, gamefly).

Here's where we differ somewhat. We pay for basics, and the kids can
buy above and beyond that if they want.

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Yeah---but what I listed above I DO consider "the basics." Clothes, food,
lessons, equipment, trips, subscriptions---all those are basics here.

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