I was thinking...

Just my thoughts on this whole recession thing. I put that on my never be thankful list, but that is not entirely true. I have been able to find some good things about it. Before the economy was going to pot, my husband decided it was time to go to school-not back to school, but finally start school, from scratch. We had been living a great life. We owned two homes, and a lot behind one of our homes. We both had good jobs, which payed the bills and allowed for extra expenditures. There seemed to not be a day that went by where I wouldn't blow 100 bucks just on stuff, because I could. And to be honest, I think I had a little addiction to shopping.
After Adam went back to school, life changed dramatically for us. We had to sell both of our homes, and are renters now. Adam is in school either all day, or most of the day, so that dramatically reduces his income, and then there is all the money out now for school expenditures. I work quite a bit, but mostly to provide insurance, so I don't have much left over in my paychecks. Needless to say, I am very careful in spending money now. And I have actually been grateful for this change because I had been getting very materialistic, wanting nice cars, home, things. But now I focus more on what is important in life, to reduce the bills we have, just buy food, and most important, to focus on family and getting ourselves prepared for what lies ahead. It has been a great blessing to get the greed out of my life and be humbled. Yes, it does get very difficult, as most of us are influenced someway by the recession, but we were able to downsize before the recession, and be a little more prepared for the hard times ahead. Something to really be thankful for.