January. A new year. As much as I appreciate the chance to begin again, I have not always looked forward to these first months of the year.
In recent history, they have been lean days for our family, a time when the work hours reduce and the money stretches but not quite far enough and by early spring we feel like we’re behind and playing catch up for the rest of the year.
This year, the leanness is compounded by unemployment that began on day one of the new year and we find ourselves in an extra state of leanness, one we didn’t predict.
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It is easy to want to complain and bemoan these circumstances, to long for excess and security and margin, especially where finances are concerned. To be honest, we’ve never really had those things, and to be more honest, I’m not sure I really want them all that much.
When I think back on our leanest days, including the present, they are some of my favorite times.
Why? I have three reasons.
Read the rest of this post at Putting on the New, where I blog on the 12th of each month.