Living Well Spending Less Unstuffed Study Guide

Have you ever felt that your life—and budget—is spiraling out of control? Clutter spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere you look? Do you sometimes wish you could pull yourself together but wonder exactly how to manage all the scattered pieces of a (normal) chaotic life? Regardless of the never quite-enough message society wants to give us, always wanting more and ending up having too much is not the Good Life God intended. More than setting and sticking to a budget; more than quitting the constant filling of our spaces with deals on more stuff—we must fill our hearts with the truth of God's Word and allow it to change what our hearts desire. The Good Life is one defined not by what we have but by who we are. If you feel stressed out or overwhelmed, this study will help you discover the way to a life rich in faith, family, friends—and a budget that balances with space to breathe. Take back your life from the stuff that is weighing you down! Ruth Soukup, New York Times bestselling author and popular blogger, knows all too well how overwhelming it can feel to have a life filled with too many things. Through personal stories, biblical principles, and practical action plans, she will inspire you to make real and lasting changes to your personal goals, home, and finances while decluttering your mind and soul. This 8-week study will help you: Find balance by letting go of unhealthy habits that compete for our hearts and spirits. Discover your "sweet spot"—that place where your talents and abilities intersect. Take back your time and schedule by making simple shifts in your daily routines. Reduce stress in your home and family by clearing out the clutter. Stop busting your budget and learn to cut your grocery bill in half. Discover how to set strict limits for the stuff we bring into our space. Overcome frustration and implement practical solutions for keeping the chaos at bay. Recognize the pitfalls of an overstuffed schedule and learn to combat the culture of busy. This study guide is designed for use with the Living Well, Spending Less / Unstuffed Video Study (sold separately).

Always wanting more and ending up having too much is not the Good Life God intended. The Good Life is one defined not by what we have but by who we are. If you feel stressed out or overwhelmed, these two companion studies will help you discover the way to a life rich in faith, family, friends--and a budget that balances with space to breathe. Take back your life from the stuff that is weighing you down Living Well Spending Less Do you define the Good Life by what you have, or by who you are? Do you feel stressed out and overwhelmed, wondering how to attain the life you really want, all while keeping within a budget that gives you space to breathe? Inthis four-session video Bible study, Ruth Soukup explores the two sides of the cure for overindulgence and the chaotic life it creates. First, in living well, Ruth helps us redefine the good life. We may be overspending and overconsuming to try to experience the good life, when what we actually need to do is change the desires of our heart. The other side of the cure is spending less by developing good habits of living on a budget, saving on groceries, and keeping a clean and de-cluttered home. Unstuffed Have you ever felt that your life--and your household--is spiraling out of control? Clutter spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere you look? In her second four-session video Bible study, Ruth continues the process of freeing us from being overwhelmed by a life filled with too much - too many things and too much activity. Discover that more closet space is not the solution, and instead learn how to set strict limits for the stuff we bring in. Recognize the pitfalls of an overstuffed schedule and learn to combat the culture of busy. And begin to cultivate real friendships while eliminating the toxic relationships that weigh you down. Living Well Spending Less sessions include: What Is the Good Life? (15:00) Finding Your Sweet Spot (17:30) Develop Good Habits (13:00) Less Stuff Equals More Joy (16:30) Unstuffed sessions include: Home (14:00) Mind (14:00) Soul (20:00) Unstuffed for Good (22:00) This pack contains one study guide and two DVDs.

"Ruth Soukup is the very successful founder and writer of the popular blog Living Well, Spending Less. In this, her first book, she shares some of her own journey to finding the Good Life and also provides her readers with all the practical advice and real life help they need to give their family a truly abundant life on a realistic and healthy budget"--

STUFF. It's everywhere. Lurking in corners and closets, spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere we look. And it's not just the physical clutter that weighs us down. Oh no, it is the stress of overbooked schedules, and the weight of life that sometimes feels oppressive and totally out of whack. New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup feels your pain--she has been there too. Through personal stories, Biblical truth, and practical action plans, she will inspire and empower each of us to finally declutter not just our home, but our mind and soul as well. Unstuffed is real, honest, and gets right down to the question we are all facing--how can we take back our lives from the stuff that is weighing us down? In this book, together we will: Create a comprehensive vision for our homes and make instant changes to improve its overall function. Discover that more closet space is not the solution and instead learn how to set strict limits for the stuff we bring in Overcome the frustration of dealing with our kids' influx of stuff and implement practical solutions for keeping the chaos at bay. Recognize the pitfalls of an overstuffed schedule BEFORE it gets out of hand and instead learn to combat the culture of busy that keeps us running from one thing to the next. Finally conquer that mountain of paperwork that threatens to tumble down around us at any moment. Let go of the guilt that gets attached to gifts and instead learn to separate our loved ones from their stuff. Begin to cultivate our real friendships while eliminating the toxic relationships that weigh us down.

Living Well, Spending Less: The Ultimate Planner to Help You Discover an Enjoyable Life While Living Well and Spending Less Does the thought of budgeting and cutting back on expenses seem like a dismal prospect? Are you guilty of ordering takeout multiple times a week because you just don't want to cook after an exhaustively long day? Are you having a difficult time balancing you or your family's lifestyle while on a tight budget? For many individuals and families, the thought of budgeting and cutting back on weekly or monthly expenses is a dreadful reality. We oftentimes associate spending less money with having to cancel our annual family vacations, limiting the little indulgences we like to treat ourselves to, or drastically reducing our social activities. Yes, spending less money will require some tweaks to your lifestyle, but that's just it-tweaks. Living Well, Spending Less: The Ultimate Planner to Help You Discover an Enjoyable Life While Living Well and Spending Less is for anyone and everyone who is interested in spending less money while maintaining the comfortable lifestyle they deserve. Whether you're a hardworking single parent, a dedicated working professional, a struggling college student, an aspiring artist, or a driven entrepreneur, living well while spending less won't require drastic life changes or long-term efforts. Riddled with insightful tips and advice on how to spend less money without sacrificing your happiness or lifestyle, this book will help you discover that budgeting and spending less money isn't the prison sentence we've previously made it out to be. Why Living Well, Spending Less is the book for you: This book will help you spend less money without noticing a drastic shift in your lifestyle or well-being because it: Helps you identify and work toward correcting your spending habits Provides you will simple yet highly effective expense breakdowns and methods to cutting your weekly food costs without sacrificing quality or quantity Introduces elements of minimalist mindsets that will help modify how you view the oftentimes dreadful task of spending less money Includes valuable tips on how to earn and save money Explores a multitude of free resources that will help you learn, expand, and shape your knowledge into income-producing skills and hobbies Finishes by financially breaking down the secrets on how to budget while responsibly treating yourself or family to the vacation and fun you deserve

This book is an ultimate guide to mastering the art of living well while spending less. It will provide the reader with all the information they require to guide them in adjusting their live to shift from being excessive spenders to little reasonable spenders without compromise to their way of life. It will provide excellent tips on how to develop a minimalist mindset and lifestyle with the aim of lowering the cost of living while at the same time living well. It will provide great ways to help the reader spend less, save, reduce and manage debts therefore resulting into a life of happiness and fulfilment. It will provide insightful recommendations and tips on budgeting and favourable alternatives that are less costly to substitute for the things we lose money on in life. This book will enlighten the reader on the different areas where they lose money and offer effective advice on how they can eliminate the areas or reduce the amount lost through the area. The topics to be covered in this book include;- Tips on how to save money- Spending. Ways people spend and lose money- Minimalism lifestyle and mindset- Budgeting to help save- Tips to help you live simple- DIY. Great DIY spending and saving tips

Practical Advice for Getting Ahead Ever feel like your budget has gone off track, or make it to the end of the month and wonder where your money actually went? A month of no-spending is the perfect way to reset your spending habits, but doing it alone can seem downright scary. What if there was a simple resource that offered a month of daily challenges for spending not just less, but absolutely ZERO. What if you could gain confidence from daily ideas for planning your meals, getting your home in order, and becoming more creative-all without spending a dime? 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero is that resource. As you work through the ideas found in month-long challenge, you will: Discover the surprising joy of zero spending, and make instant changes that will totally transform your attitude. - Learn how to use the food you already have on hand to create delicious, budget friendly meals for your family. - Be inspired to clean and declutter your living space in order to create the cozy space you've always dreamed of. - Gather innovative ideas for using those items you already have on hand to create new solutions for old problems. - Find encouragement and inspiration from others who have completed this same challenge-and lived to tell the tale. - Learn simple tricks and tips for selling your stuff, slashing your bills, and even saving on food.

A professional organizer and life coach shows readers how to kick the clutter habit with his complete how-to guide to total organization Arguably the most organized man in America, sought-after coach Andrew J. Mellen has created unique, lasting techniques for streamlined living, bringing order out of chaos for the chronically overwhelmed everywhere. Acknowledging that it's often the "stuff behind the stuff" that holds people back, Mellen offers a surprisingly simple, yet effective solution in his step-by-step guide, guaranteed to help achieve organizational bliss for everyone from perpetual key-misplacers to hard-core hoarders. From basement to bedroom, kitchen to car, and into every corner of life, Mellen’s system yields lasting results. Discover how to: Never lose your keys or wallet again Stop mail, magazine, and paper pileups for good Feel empowered to tackle bills and budgets Reclaim space and time once dominated by clutter Built on the principle that we must distinguish ourselves from our possessions, Unstuff Your Life! starts with truly achievable goals and works toward the nightmare projects everyone tries hard to avoid. With humor, honesty, tough love, and foolproof advice, Mellen makes it easy to finally let go and embrace the decluttered life.