After spending the day cleaning out my grandma’s house, that was then later passed down to my father, and later will go to me, I realized that the best thing we can do is not spend any money.

The best thing we can do to preserve our cash, is not spend money on merchandise. Sure, buy things for self care like shampoo, soap, deodorant, makeup, and hair care, but there is no point in buying merchandise.

Instead, save your money, so you can buy something that will provide you with a passive income stream.

The last year, Stephen and I have been trying to save $ money, to be able to invest more. We have already been saving 15% in our retirement plans for years. I started investing at 22, and decided that we wanted to maximize the amount we invested this year.

Cleaning out our family’s extra home, made me realize, all the stuff I think I “need.” I don’t.

Half the stuff my dad had been holding on to either had dust or spiders on it, and it went to the dump. All of that stuff was SO important to my grandma and to him when they were alive, but now it’s all going to the dump.

We dumped 5 trailers and truckloads. Wow 😮 some good that hoard of stuff did for the next generation?!

It all made me realize that life itself is so short, and we have to make the most of it.

Life is so much more than material possessions!!!

God has us here for some reason, and his reason is always to love or care for someone.

Sometimes the most loving thing a person can do for his/her family members is NOT leave them a boat load of crap to take to the dump or to pick spiders out of, but to live life simply and clean.

Above is a photo of us starting our fifth dump run.