Happy New Year!

I know that for me 2010 is a make it or break it year... the last part of 2008 was the worst time of my life. And then I used 2009 to re-create myself. I lost a bunch of weight and have begun a new journey. I have already sold many copies of my book. But it is critical that I spend each moment of everyday selling my book. Getting more press. I will continue to sell my book and work hard and smart to assure success. People across this country need my book as much as I want to sell it. It is a book that transformed my life as I wrote it and will transform anyone’s life who needs to learn to budget and get healthy.
2010 is going to be wonderful. I know this! Because just about everyone’s value system has changed...we went from a hording/buying society to one that is caring and enjoys the simple things in life. At least that is how I changed. Where I once enjoyed shopping as a hobby...I now can't stand it! I would much rather be on a refreshing hike than shopping at a mall.
I look forward to making life even more simple. It is a goal of mine to live on a farm and create my own homestead. I think that growing your own food and living your life free from unnatural demands can be very rewarding. We have a few simple needs in life. Need for shelter, water, food and clothing... why do we need more than this to make ourselves happy? We don't!
With the money I have made with my book and will continue to make I plan on building a small cabin, purchasing dairy goats and egg laying chickens. I also plan on creating a large and fruitful vegetable garden. And orchards. Any dollar that I make above my basic needs...and I have become very frugal...will go to my foundation.
I'm not sure what the foundation will be called but I know what it will consist of. It will provide water wells, fruit trees, vegetable seeds and gardening tools to women across the world who don't want a hand out but rather a hand up. The simple life is what we are all craving right now. Because it is the type of life...the type of foundation that is so strong and wonderful that you can build anything on it. When you live a frugal and simple life it really frees you up to do what you have always dreamed of. Being an artist, a sculptor, a potter, a gardener, a writer...a lover of life!
This is a new movement that I am very passionate about. I believe in it! I really really do. Call it the movement of homesteaders or survivalist or the "House on the Praire" lifestyle...call it what ever you want but I know for a lot of people this is just what the doctor ordered!