Link of the Week: Consumed

Do you ever feel like you run out of day before you run out of stuff to do? Or run out of money before you run out of places to spend it? How can you keep from being consumed by the demands and desires of our culture?

I tried out this Consumed Calculator. You answer questions about how you allocate your time and money, and you get a pie chart with your results.

My estimates of time are remarkable for their inaccuracy...I accounted for 208 hours per week -- there are only 168 hours in a week. That's 40 hours I think I spend that don't exist. Either I'm an incredible multi-tasker...or I need to look more carefully at how my time (and life) is being consumed!

Rick and I just did a budget for our family so I had a pretty good idea of what our expenses are. My top 4 categories for spending were:

1. housing
2. saving
3. charity
4. taxes

I did a little guessing, and fair warning, seeing the results after you've guessed might inspire you to get a better handle on where your money's actually going! (check out our Good $ense course for help with that).

Kim