Producing by Reducing
Thursday 
around lunchtime 
Mystie
Elly and I were talking a few weeks ago about whether or not a woman should feel compelled to earn a supplemental income, based on the fact that the assiduous Proverbs 31 woman brings home a profit. We agreed (right?) that Proverbs 31 proves it is lawful, but that doesn’t make it mandatory. After all, is rising while it is yet dark mandatory? Admirable, yes. Necessary, no.
Apparently Amy Scott has been thinking along these same lines, and she’s written a great post called Reduction Production, in which she argues that staying home and managing the finances to reduce expenses, as well as being content with a simple life, contributes more financially to her family than any of her previous part-time jobs. She equates leaving the house with spending money, and at first I smiled at the hyperbole, but then realized that with gas over $3 a gallon, the only leaving of the house that doesn’t cost money is a walk…and that not to Walmart or Yokes. :)
