by Patti Miinch | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Until a few months ago, I didn’t know a single person who was living the lifestyle I dream of. When I mentioned to family or friends what I was hoping to do, they were supportive, but none of them had ever done anything more than camp for short periods of...
by Patti Miinch | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have a close relative who hates having a birthday. She always has. Even when she turned 30 — over 30 years ago — she greeted her special day not with smiles and happy anticipation of the year to come but with a crankily snarled “Don’t even...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m very excited to again this week join a talented group of women who connect each Friday in an online, unedited flash mob free write based on a one-word prompt from our fearless leader Kate Motaung. My timer is set for 5 minutes; let’s see where the word...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Determine my dream life. Check.Analyze my budget and identifying items that can be cut or even eliminated. Check.Until last week, following Warren and Betsy Talbot’s blueprint for identifying and living the life of my dreams was proving to be easy and...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 19, 2017 | A Life Redesigned, budget, debt, Dream Save Do, saving
Redesigning my life after the death of my husband almost 8 years ago has been a long progress, marked by the proverbial one step forward and two . . . or three or four . . . steps back. But once I finally had the vision of what I wanted (The Dream Defined), it...
