tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post7442931462978731435..comments2024-01-01T08:07:16.443+00:00Comments on Dreaming aloud: Radical Homemakers (2) Value beyond MoneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-85832175038295311002012-01-06T11:59:20.974+00:002012-01-06T11:59:20.974+00:00About a year after you posted this I found it. Bu...About a year after you posted this I found it. But this topic has been heavily on my mind lately. Thank you for your strong and clear perspective. Especially love the etymology (or is it entymology - I can never remember which is words and which is bugs). Thank goodness for archives!Lucyhttp://onetreebohemia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-14134297955736807582011-02-17T14:21:25.397+00:002011-02-17T14:21:25.397+00:00Love it grit! i do similar! I earn some with my ed...Love it grit! i do similar! I earn some with my editing and writing, but most of my time and therefore value contribution is in the home making/ child caring/ making stuff and saving money place.<br /><br />Thank you all for taking the time to share.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664045557725853106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-28481985611461138062011-01-24T12:42:44.671+00:002011-01-24T12:42:44.671+00:00i agree. mostly. i get dh to earn the money. is th...i agree. mostly. i get dh to earn the money. is that wrong? ;)Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-33583981399144803002011-01-21T14:12:34.011+00:002011-01-21T14:12:34.011+00:00Thanks for the reference. Looks like a great read....Thanks for the reference. Looks like a great read. Its on order as we speak. <br /><br />I think in a society where the economy seems to be slowly growing, but where we are expected to loose 50,000 skilled people to emigration this year, the idea that "the economy should be serving the people: families in their homes and not the other way around" is very true. <br /><br />We need as a society to sit back and think about the core question 'Who is our provider?' Because of most people's total dependence on the mass industrialised system, they seem to forget that that system is merely acting as a buffer between individuals and Mother Earth. <br /><br />Removing that buffer (providing for ourselves outside of that system) is a key step in understanding the true value of things. <br /><br />www.brendanphelan.ieBrendan Phelanhttp://www.brendanphelan.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-64394517361145898112011-01-20T11:34:33.951+00:002011-01-20T11:34:33.951+00:00Our primary "opt out" of the conventiona...Our primary "opt out" of the conventional economy is how we acquire our food - almost all locally, which truthfully costs more dollars than the store, but feels better in so many ways. I guess, having said that, we balance that with not eating out much and considering purchases before we make them. <br /><br />In terms of time balance, this was rough for me, because I fit Shannon's picture of the working mom pulled on both ends. I primarily ran the household, as well, and it was crazy. Almost exactly a year ago, decided enough was enough, and switched to half-time employment in September. I have a PhD in mathematics and was in a very Senior job, so a lot of people really couldn't get it. Our world couldn't be more different than a year or so ago, but it's definitely worth it.Renee @ Loca-faceshttp://www.faces-of-local-living.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-77477007382418306482011-01-19T21:58:13.329+00:002011-01-19T21:58:13.329+00:00It is funny how often children make some of us see...It is funny how often children make some of us see these things.. that real value has nothing to do with money.Tiffanyhttp://www.naturemoms.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-60964081639596436242011-01-19T21:47:44.182+00:002011-01-19T21:47:44.182+00:00Our children are only this age once and it truely ...Our children are only this age once and it truely flies by. Some years ago, after a major health scare with one of our children, we decided to give up the high flying lifestyle and spend our lives primarily with our children. People said we were mad! How could hubby give up the Senior role he had, how can you 'live the life.' <br />Well, we found the real purpose of life. No we dont have the flash car, the dream holidays, the expensive clothes but we have a great family life, children who we have the time to spend with and who enjoy our company. Our income is far, far less, but so is our outgoings and now the simpler things make ours lives enjoyable. We truly feel we made the right decision, the same decision as when we decided to leave the 'rat race' some years earlier from the UK. People had said then we were mad!Seán and Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607179390998691818noreply@blogger.com