A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Catherine Austin Fitts has a great conversation with Del Bigtree regarding the events unfolding around us and practical steps we can take starting today in our individual lives and communities. She’ll help you think a bit differently about what …
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If I had to sum up our summer on this last day of August, this is it: You can have time or money, but rarely both. This was the summer when Caroline really understood for the first time what it means to have more money and less Daddy. David and I …
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Members of Generation X are more likely than those of other generations to be heavily in debt. A significant portion of Gen Xers don’t believe they can ever pay off the debt they have. Nearly 25% of Gen X believes it’s ‘nearly impossible’ to …
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Generation X is faced with a dilemma. Should they pay off their debts or save for retirement? Right now there often isn’t enough money for both due to all of the obligations they face. As it turns out, many Gen Xers are choosing to attempt to …
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Homeschooling is costly. Frugal homeschooling is a myth. There. I’ve said it. I’ve thought it for a long time, but here we are putting it out there in the open. Homeschooling is not cheap and anyone who says that homeschooling can be done …
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Most people who are behind on retirement planning feel overwhelmed. They have no idea where to start. The “experts” throw around numbers like saving 15% of your income and saving $1,000,000 (now recently updated in places to numbers …
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Stocking a pantry costs money. Even if you fill your pantry with things you grow yourself, you still need seeds and canning jars. If you build your pantry with items purchased at a store, then you need a way to pay for them. While some people have …
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This was written April 23, 2020. I have not updated it and so it reflects my thinking at that time. I have been asking myself this question for the past few weeks: Are we already in the next Great Depression? I’m far past the point of …
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Almost daily there are new articles explaining that Gen X isn’t saving enough for retirement. The financial elites and professionals lament how terrible this is and remind Gen Xers that they need to try harder because every year that passes …
