The fact you are spending money to do a solution; to choose events that are important, the ones that are real important to you, skip the other ones, they wont matter anyway in the longrun. Also, choosing a staycation can be a lot of fun, not cost a lot. If you bring the cost down, maybe you can actually enjoy it more than you would. Sometimes compelled to spend, though, for instance, all of the weddings tends to be in the summertime. Thats true. Then youre asked to be in them. Time flies for some people. Summer reminder how fast life is going. Kids are growing up, they are getting older, the solution, experts say, try to live in the moment. Easier said than done, though. Oh, absolutely. I was just saying, before i came back from maternity leave, like ive had 12 weeks to spends with the kids, i feel like i havent done anything other than feed and clean and blah blah blah. Im a girl, i love to plan everything, has to be on the calendar, cant live in the moment. Jen, whats on your list of