One week from today we are moving. Thankfully it’s only 3 miles from where we live now, but the kicker is, the new house is half the size of the one we live in now. That means that we are going to have to purge 50% of our stuff. Yikes!

We have lived in our present house for 2 years. We made a decision as a family to find a place that was much cheaper so we could save money and pay off some debt. When we started looking there were only a little more than a dozen houses for rent and only a very few in the kids school district.

We had driven by the new one and thought that there was no way we could downsize this much, but the more we discussed it, the more it made sense. Saving $600 a month in rent, not to mention the savings in utilities, pretty much sealed the deal.

Is it scary? Yes. Is it exciting? Yes. It’s going to allow us to slow down. Spend time on things that matter. Live more intentionally.

I can’t wait to be settled in and see how this goes. Now to just get everything packed up. Wish us luck