getting down to the basics

I am watching my spending, I have only spent $21 in three days, I am just buying things we cannot live without, and I am living without some things that I really need. I am going to pay off one of the furniture bills this week. Next week i am going to have a garage sale and I am going to send all of the money I make from it to my credit card. Tonight I am going to look for a job overnight so that I can make more money and still take care of my kids during the day. I am also not buying any junk food anymore for me,I am not wasting a single penny on anything that doesn't have to do with survival. I am cleaning out the house and selling anything that I am allowed to so that I can get out of debt faster. I have always lived simply, and I have always been somewhat poor, but I am really getting back to the very basics. I have discovered that peace of mind, not worrying about debt, credit problems and not having collectors clog up your phone lines and mailbox is far more important than stuff, I have also decided that since my children have not outgrown their clothes yet that I am not going to buy them school clothes this year, just shoes, supplies and my son will get a haircut. I am going to continue to post about my successes as well as my failures until I am living in a brick home on my own land and my credit score is almost perfect. $40,000 left to go.