{"id":19538,"date":"2015-01-01T00:03:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=19538"},"modified":"2015-01-01T00:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T08:03:03","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So … any good resolutions to share?<\/p>\n

As I recall, you guys tend to be resolution-averse. Maybe a good hangover cure to share, then? Uh … your best tips for managing to stay awake until midnight? Your best tips to avoid having your beauty sleep interrupted next year by all those pesky merrymakers?<\/p>\n

I didn’t make any resolutions this year, but I have an idea of dedicating each month of 2015 to some different pursuit or goal. In January my aim is to see how little money I can realistically live on. Barring an emergency (knock wood), I’ll spend only for the most basic basics. I’ve allotted myself a few dollars for a mocha now and then so I won’t feel like a totally pitiful orphan :-), but beyond that I’m just paying unavoidable expenses. Will buy some groceries (mostly perishables) but will also tap into my preparedness pantry a bit. Just a bit, though. The object isn’t to see how little I can spend for one isolated month, but what’s a realistic minimum budget for any month.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

\"TestamentofJamesCover\"<\/a>Not a resolution, but sometime in the next few days I’ll happily be bringing you an interview I did with Vin Suprynowicz on the publication of his beautiful new book The Testament of James<\/i>. It’s good — as you already know if you’ve been reading the online excerpts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As soon as everybody’s had a chance to recover from the enforced good cheer of the holidays, I’ll do a mini-review and run the Q&A. Meanwhile, you might want to purchase a hardbound copy<\/a> (via ABE Books; NFI) or the Kindle edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And speaking of beautiful, the cover design is by a member of the Living Freedom Commentariat, Carl-Bear Bussjaeger<\/a>. And if he’s made that classic painting look more than a little hallucinatory with those colors, you’ll understand when you read the book.<\/p>\n

ADDED: Carl links to the “pre-review” by Tom Knapp<\/a>. I agree with everything Tom wrote about The Testament of James<\/i>. And I’m the proud owner of copy #15 of the limited first edition (Carl and Tom are 12 and 19). Mine is a review copy, which I didn’t pay for, but its freebieness will not affect anything I say. My policy with review copies of freedomista books is that I either give an honest positive opinion or if I don’t like the book, I keep my mouth shut about it. I may privately tell the author why I didn’t like a work, but I won’t do anything to undermine it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So … any good resolutions to share? As I recall, you guys tend to be resolution-averse. Maybe a good hangover cure to share, then? Uh … your best tips for managing to stay awake until midnight? Your best tips to avoid having your beauty sleep interrupted next year by all those pesky merrymakers? I didn’t make any resolutions this year, but I have an idea of dedicating each month of 2015 to some different pursuit or goal. In January my aim is to see how little money I can realistically live on. Barring an emergency (knock wood), I’ll spend only…<\/p>\n

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