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I'm Frugal Trenches (no, not my real name!) a lover of natural, simple and frugal living! I use this space and my camera to document a beautiful, purposeful, downshifted and abundant life! Life is not always simple (oh how I wish it was!) but it is always rich and I hope this space demonstrates beauty and joy!
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Category Archives: Get Busy!
Nesting
If everything continues to go well, this is my last “free” weekend for about 8 weeks (8 weeks of appointments, meetings, hearings & visitations…). It is probably no wonder I have a lot to do. Thankfully it is a long … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, Adoption, Faith, Family Expansion, Get Busy!, Goals, Saturday Soundtrack
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We ALL Have Gifts
Photo Credit One of my greatest concerns for people, is when they express they don’t feel they have a lot to offer or feel like they are stuck in a life without much joy. The truth is I’ve been there … Continue reading
My New Routine
Photocredit Generally speaking I live by a rhythm and not a routine, but over the last couple of weeks I’ve found my rhythm is not rhythm like (read: chaos!) which is making my life all together more difficult than it needs to be! I … Continue reading
Must Get Things Done Monday
Today I feel like jumping in the leaves! But, knowing it is Monday, I need to get a lot done [what is it about Mondays and Thursdays that makes me want to get things done]. Since I am incredibly lazy … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Tracking, Get Busy!
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Must Get Things Done
Some days you just know you need to buckle down, stop finding excuses and just accomplish. There are days when the list seems a mile long – and yet you know, deep down, each item completed and crossed off the looong list brings … Continue reading
Posted in Get Busy!
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Remembering Those Who Are Easy To Forget
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat Mother Teresa After I wrote my Thankful Tuesday post yesterday, it dawned on … Continue reading
Posted in Do something, Get Busy!, Oh so Blessed, Purpose Driven Life
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Made Of Steel!
When you’ve been sick for a while, you begin to feel like mush – places begin to jiggle, food begins to taste mundane and lethargy is rampant! Today I decided the end was here, I was no longer going to … Continue reading
Posted in Get Busy!, Goals
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Getting Rid Of Your Sense of Entitlement Part III
Image by Kevin Carter You can read Part I of this series here, and Part II here. So now you’ve looked around within your life & seen how you can make simple changes & actions to help people (smiling, inviting people … Continue reading
Posted in Do something, Get Busy!, Oh so Blessed
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Getting Over Your Sense of Entitlement Part II
In my last post about this a few people commented & emailed asking for tips on where to start, Lora asked for some baby steps, well the only thing I can suggest is following some logical steps that helped me. Very … Continue reading
Posted in Do something, Get Busy!, Giving, Oh so Blessed
41 Comments
Getting rid of a sense of entitlement….
Grace asked a fabulous question in the last post: “I’ve read quite a bit about the necessity of removing feelings of entitlement from your life in order to stop overspending, and I think that’s where it starts to get away … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Get Busy!, Giving, Oh so Blessed
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