Comments on: So Much Better Off With Less Money

By: FBN Roundup-Stock Losses Edition

FBN Roundup-Stock Losses Edition — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:05:04 +0000

[...] Babe talks about how she is so much better off with less money. My current income is much less than it was ten years ago but I’m much happier [...]

By: Frugal Babe

Frugal Babe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:26:17 +0000

@Mrs. A – Good luck with the business expansion. I know what it’s like (scary!) and I hope that it all works out well.
I had noticed that my number of subscribers on feedburner dropped a ton last week – I wonder if that’s related to my blog not showing up in your reader? Hmmm. I’ll have to have my husband check it out (all I do is write, I barely know anything about computers)

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:34:28 +0000

Wow, what an inspirational post. I am freaking out a bit because Mr. A’s business is faltering in the past couple of weeks. He is branching out into a different area and we have to get ourselves noticed and out there. We’ve gone into some more debt as a result, I hate it. It is so wonderful that you can snuggle with your darling baby in the morning! Great post! My feedreader stopped feeding me your blog so I thought you weren’t blogging for over a week, but came to check on you. Glad to see you are posting regularly. Your garden is so awesome.

By: Geoff K

Geoff K — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:53:51 +0000

Isn’t it ironic that often chasing after money, which is supposed to buy you a high quality of life, can dampen it.

By: Frugal Trenches

Frugal Trenches — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:50:59 +0000

What a wonderful post! I will be linking to this one for sure when I get around to writing a similar post!

By: neimanmarxist

neimanmarxist — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:44:44 +0000

what a great post. it is true. the hidden costs of working – personal and environmental as well as monetary- more than compensate for the rise in salary.

By: Trixie

Trixie — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:10:24 +0000

You are very rich indeed.

Take Care,
Trixie

By: April

April — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:27:04 +0000

This is definitely what my husband and I are working toward, though we might not both stay home when we have kids. At the very least, I’d like a home business so that I can stay home with a baby. We’ve really whipped our finances into shape this year, and I still have a few years before I want to have a baby, so I’m hoping we’ll be there by then.

By: Francois Viljoen

Francois Viljoen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:38:56 +0000

Hi Frugal Babe

This post reminds me so much of my own story.

I also gave up a very high-pressure, high-paying lifestyle for something a lot simpler.

I wrote about it here: Breaking with Babylon

Like you, I agree – it was worth it every step of the way.