My wife is a home economics wizard. She constantly reduces costs and increases productive activity from the home. Your home should be asset generating revenue and not simply a liability.
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Being a good steward of energy and thus money is life changing. I am happy you have her.
what kinds of stuff does she do? I'm interested in taking up home ec wizardry
From what I gather you are on your way.
She is a hustler. She sees in 5d come ups. Turns 15 cents into a dollar. It is a way of life for her. She has always pulled rabbits out of hats.
She told me she saved us $12k a year this morning and calculated that she will generate $36k off of a new project all while making me an espresso lol.
She does all the house work and is in charge of the home account. She runs it like a business. The home works to pay for itself.
She is incredible in the kitchen, the garden, can hand craft everything from scratch, knit, sew, she makes jewelry, resells online, never buys anything new.
She used clothe diapers for the boys. Breast fed. Made all their food. Hand me down clothes.
Everything she does is genuine. Salt of the earth. Resourceful and content with making it herself for her family. It's beautiful.
Can you give us some examples?
Small but constant things. Picks her own berries and makes a years worth of jams and jellies. Goes fishing with her father and stocks the freezer for the year. Grows specialty items every year out of the gardens. Everything is from scratch, labor over capital. If she needs something she finds a way to resell the item after needing it for more than she spent. Everything is a life long compounding return on investment. She also is a creative and hand makes jewelry and all kinds of other artistic things that she is constantly selling. She is a pro thrifter and always finds name brand items at the second hand stores she resells online for excellent returns.
She is a gem. Please send her my respect and a flower 🏵️ 😀