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  1. 01-04-2007, 06:25 PM #1
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    Default This is interesting

    Read this today....... a whole year! That would be tough and very challenging.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/...ing_sabbatical
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  2. 01-04-2007, 06:32 PM #2
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    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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  3. 01-04-2007, 06:41 PM #3
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    I had caught snippets of this before. It's very interesting...not sure I could do it though

    ~48 yr. old sahw, livin' it up in our empty nest, smack dab in the middle of everywhere.~
    *We're debt freeeeeeeee! (including the house)*


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  4. 01-04-2007, 06:45 PM #4
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    WOW!! A whole year would be hard.
    EF $703.21
    STARTING DEBT $40,567.12

    DEBT TO DATE $5,571.24
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  5. 01-04-2007, 07:14 PM #5
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    I had read about this and thought........hmmmm
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  6. 01-04-2007, 11:10 PM #6
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    wow pretty impressing.....i could NEVER do that!!!
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  7. 01-04-2007, 11:51 PM #7
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    On another frugal site that I am a member of we are doing this but its not for a year unless you want it to be. I am doing it for 3 months with a couple exceptions being underwear, socks, sheets. and sneakers. I dont need anything for the house and everyone is good to go on the clothes front. Some people are doing it for a month at a time, some for the whole yr etc. We are on day 4. So far so good
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  8. 01-05-2007, 07:09 AM #8
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    I think this would be tough to do for a whole year. I also believe though with the exceptions they made that I would be able to do it for me. Since I share my life ith a husband and two kids they might not be as understanding about the whole thing.....I may just have to run it by them and maybe at least attempt 3 months at a clip, if that works go for six, and so on. Something to think about.....
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  9. 01-05-2007, 11:46 AM #9
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    I have cut back a lot on buying anything new over the last 6 months. I am trying to get the courage up to try it for 6 months. I guess with this being the new year, I should just do it!

    It is relatively easy to get things used online and at thrift stores. It's about committment, right?

    I think I can, I think I can!
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  10. 01-05-2007, 01:39 PM #10
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    I think it's a great idea. I wouldn't want to try it until I got myself settled (because I'm too self-serving to be inconvenienced during upheaval), but I bet it gets easier as time goes by. I know I got way more comfortable with buying very little when I was up north.
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  11. 01-05-2007, 03:22 PM #11
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    I honestly would love to do this but couldnt do it alone, I think though that I can try quarterly attempts and see how it works out. Does anyone plan to do this?
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    This is a great idea! I'd love to try it, maybe starting in February.
    Loving wife to DH (8/31/03) and Mommy to Owen Alexander (9/20/06)

    Baby #2 due 5/30/2012
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    Doing it in smaller chunks of time is a great Idea...I would be game!
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  14. 01-05-2007, 09:37 PM #14
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    A whole year would be tough. I am just getting into the no spend days and sometimes that is hard for me...but it is worth thinking about...
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