Well now that so many homeowners have over renovated and over purchased, the housing market bust is doing a couple things for us.

It’s bringing prices back down to the chagrin of many who paid too much but to the great joy of those who can now ENTER the housing market or finally move to the home they’ve always wanted and that is now within their means.

For the rest of us maybe it’s time for us to just enjoy LIVING in our homes.

For a fresh change of pace why not regard your home not as a place that needs this or that upgraded, but as a place that thank God you own and now have some security for your family. Put a halt on the spending and focus on the people around you in your community.

Are there ways for you to get more involved in your town/city to further some activity or issue that will make life better for everyone living there? How are your public schools doing – might your feedback help?

Are you happy with your parks and recreational facilities and is there something you could do to push a project along?  Speaking of recreation maybe this is the year you join a softball/baseball league.  I haven’t played in over 25 years but I use to love it and my girlfriend has been on me for too long to join our local ladies’ softball league.

Is there a spring festival coming up that you or your kids might want to be part of?

We actually purchased a booth at our community’s spring festival last year and promoted framed black and white photographs of historic homes in our community.  The pictures were taken by my teen daughter.  It was really a lot of fun and my teen earned some money to boot!

Community living can be so satisfying if we just take the time to look at where we live as the center of what gives us joy or can give us joy in our lives.