There’s going to be a little less healthcare available in the Pacific Northwest after Obama is inaugurated:

The times ahead do not look at all promising, despite hubristic boasts about changing the world and pompous claims of a new tomorrow. It is time to look hard at finances at home and in my business, to trim the frivolous and wasteful; time to stockpile basic goods and discard the worthless flotsam of years of materialistic accumulation.

Then it will be time to look at life’s priorities: work, home, family, spirituality. I plan to work hard for the remainder of the year, earning as much as possible — for in January the game changes, and I will reduce my income accordingly. I can learn to live comfortably on less — and working 60-hour weeks makes little sense when much of the fruit of that labor will be taken from me to satisfy that which is perversely called “fairness.”

And while it would certainly not please Ayn Rand, a committed atheist, for Christian John Galts the benefits are spiritual as well:

And most importantly, the spiritual: it is time to get serious, single-minded, committed. No more cheap grace. Time to tackle those strongholds of weakness which have plagued me for years; time to be honest, practice integrity with a passion, and memorize Scripture again. Time to be disciplined in prayer, daily: prayer for our President (yes, especially), prayer for our leaders, prayer for our country, prayer for revival and conversion. There is no more powerful force which we possess; it is long past time to stop treating it as a useful tool to satisfy our self-centered desires and dig in, on our knees, like our lives depend on it — which they most certainly do.

Read it all, it’s a very interesting post.  And for whatever it’s worth, my family is also looking at the best ways to make less money next year.  I already intended to close my business for personal reasons, but now I’m purposely going to keep my income low, and my husband’s new attitude is “Overtime?  What’s that?”

Thanks to Doug for the tip!