How do you find a "high quality of life and a low standard of living"?
And what do those things mean?
I guess if I were to loosely define them it would be like this.
High Quality of Life: Days that I enjoy living. Seeing my family frequently. Hanging out with friends. Doing meaningful work. Being Creative.
Low Standard of Living: Living well within my means. Being satisfied with what I already have. Growing some of my own foods and herbs. Making things for my family. Not contributing to the capitalistic/consumer American "dream". Teaching my children that there is MUCH more to life than stuff.
And while those things are all well and good, how do you achieve these things? I can't just quit my job without affecting our financial status, which would really affect our ability to do some of the quality things we enjoy. Like traveling to see family. I don't have the time to cultivate some of the habits and talents that I wish I could due to our time constraints. I have my priorities and we focus on not stressing a lot in our house.
While there are a lot of fun things we could do that would keep us busy (and I sometimes miss those things) I am really enjoying placing a priority on staying home and living a very quiet life. So far... SO good.
And what do those things mean?
I guess if I were to loosely define them it would be like this.
High Quality of Life: Days that I enjoy living. Seeing my family frequently. Hanging out with friends. Doing meaningful work. Being Creative.
Low Standard of Living: Living well within my means. Being satisfied with what I already have. Growing some of my own foods and herbs. Making things for my family. Not contributing to the capitalistic/consumer American "dream". Teaching my children that there is MUCH more to life than stuff.
And while those things are all well and good, how do you achieve these things? I can't just quit my job without affecting our financial status, which would really affect our ability to do some of the quality things we enjoy. Like traveling to see family. I don't have the time to cultivate some of the habits and talents that I wish I could due to our time constraints. I have my priorities and we focus on not stressing a lot in our house.
While there are a lot of fun things we could do that would keep us busy (and I sometimes miss those things) I am really enjoying placing a priority on staying home and living a very quiet life. So far... SO good.
