[notfarnow]

Easiest way to become a slave to work is to be a slave to STUFF, especially on credit.

Before we got married, my wife cut down our discretionary spending by almost 3/4. Killed me at first because I tend to be pretty loose with money, but you get used to it. The upside was having no debt (outside of a mortgage).

It allowed my wife to walk away from her job and go back to school for 2 years with almost no debt. Being able to do THAT is a luxury