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A Lesson in Gratitude and Humility for Me

10/16/2017

Looking towards the mainland of Greece from Agiokampos on the island of Evia.

Sometimes we need reminders about thankfulness, patience, and the role that luck and good fortune play in the blessings in our lives. In fact, it's been my experience in life that whenever I get a swelled head or feel overly pleased with myself about something, I pay a price for my arrogance.

I call it karma. Sometimes it can bite us hard when we forget ourselves, and sometimes it just offers a gentle - or not so gentle - reminder in unusual and unexpected ways .

That's exactly what happened to me recently on a trip to visit family in Greece.

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Hi, I'm Nancy Maje Gillis, and I hope to help you find ways to live more cheaply and mindfully so that you have less stress and more money to spend where it will make a difference in your life. I know a thing or two about living a full life on a budget because I've been doing it for a long time, first growing up in a family of 11, then as a grad student and young, married, working woman, and more recently while running my busy household and raising my 4 sons through debt-free college degrees and into independent adulthood. All while saving for our own retirement. Here I share ideas for keeping life sane, affordable, and fulfilling.

A Lesson in Gratitude and Humility for Me

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