In this episode of The His & Her Money Show, we have Erin Odom, the brainchild of The Humbled Homemaker and an accomplished author of the brand new book You Can Stay Home With Your Kids. Before they had children, Erin and her husband were working as teachers. After getting married, they experienced marital difficulties and went through a really hard time.
When their family started growing, they began to question themselves: why didn’t they save one of their salaries. To help finance the family’s needs, they had to cut some things from the budget to make ends meet.
Before she started working from home, Erin prayed for wisdom on which path to take. One of the reasons why their decisions were successful is that they put God at the center of the family. Even if she stayed at home, it didn’t stop her from helping with the finances – she started looking for different options online to put more money in the bank.
Erin also mentions that she doesn’t nag her husband because whenever does, it pushes him away. She likes to teach her kids the importance of doing chores, so they can be self-sufficient.
To help save money and extend their budget, the family shops in the clearance section of stores and for markdown produce in the market, bruised products that are not attractive but still can be used, and meats on promotions. They don’t buy convenience foods. According to Erin, tracking what you spend helps fix your income problems.
What You Will Learn
- The challenges that Erin and her family experienced trying to set-up their finances.
- How they were able to save.
- Ways Erin could stay at home and raise her growing kids.
- What they were able to cut from their budget.
- The contents of Erin’s new book, You Can Stay Home With Your Kids! 100 Tips, Tricks, and Ways to Make It Work on a Budget and how it can help other families.
- How Erin and her husband were able to instill saving and working values at a young age into their children’s minds.
Resources Mentioned
- You Can Stay Home With Your Kids! 100 Tips, Tricks, and Ways to Make It Work on a Budget by Erin Odom
- More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Financially Frustrated by Erin Odom
- Free Audiobook from Audible
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