Comments on Feminist Finance: Resurrection Sunday--The End of the Compact

I do something similar for Passover - I try to dis...

2008-03-30T22:20:00.000-05:00

I do something similar for Passover - I try to discipline myself to use up all the food in my cupboard, refridge and freezer. Then we get new food for Passover. It's a very difficult ritual, because of course the amounts never turn out right - half the ingredients for something I want to make, half missing.... But since I do it every year, I have learned that come about January I need stop stockpiling foodstuffs. There is a nice lightening that happens.
Re: your Lenten compact. Do it every year. It's a nice contrast. You'll cheat a little - buying things before, buying things after - but it will be a period of reflection and self-learning for you, each time you revisit it. I've really enjoyed your approaching dematerializing as a spiritual discipline.

congrats on ordering the furniture! and on waitin...

2008-03-24T09:18:00.000-05:00

congrats on ordering the furniture! and on waiting long enough (whether because of the compact or not) to be absolutely sure it's the furniture you want.

I'd say that was smart of you to get a rash guard....

2008-03-23T21:28:00.000-05:00

I'd say that was smart of you to get a rash guard... most people don't bother and regret it later in life when they get age spots or worse yet, skin cancer... I think the Man Upstairs will forgive you for that one. :-)