Living Your Best Life on a Budget

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WELCOME to our travel and lifestyle blog, Loving Living Green! My name is Brandi Green, and along with my husband, Sean, and children, Jackson and Lucy, we would like to thank you for joining us on our journey to living our best life on a budget. Sean, Jackson, Lucy, and I will be sharing our tips on traveling, cooking, and living life well!

Sean and I are both in our 19^th year in education. Sean works with special education teachers and students in the middle school setting. I work with special education teachers on compliance (IEPs and legal processes). Having the same profession in education has afforded Sean and me the same work schedule to travel. We have learned many tips and tricks for traveling on our journeys. However, with both of us being educators, we do not have a pot of gold that we dip into when new adventures arise, so we travel and live our life on a budget.

Loving Living Green

We named our blog Loving Living Green because we love and enjoy each other, but there are different meanings as well. We are green in the sense that we try to find great deals and save as much money as we can for planning and experiencing new adventures. We are also green as we try to do as much as possible not to leave a harsh environmental footprint. Lastly, we are green because sometimes opportunities, as with travel, come along, and we take them without knowing how they will exactly turn out… I guess you can say that we are always up for an adventure. All these areas make us uniquely Green.   

Life on a Budget

Sean and I both graduated from Mercer University with our Ph.D.’s in education. Our background in education has shaped our views on traveling and raising our two children. Working in the field of education, it did not take Sean and me long to understand how exposure to new experiences drastically influences how children and adults learn. As parents, we want to make sure that Jackson and Lucy have opportunities to see the world.

For many kids, the higher their socio-economic status, the more exposure they will have… BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY for those who may not have as many resources. We have made it a point and will continue to make a point to share trips and experiences that can shape both children and adults alike and are hopefully light on the wallet.

Exposure is so important for adults and children. I once had a long-term substitute teacher with me whose name is Ms. Gloria Watts. Ms. Watts would comment on my Facebook page that she loved that we shared our travels because, even though she does not travel anymore, it is as if she is with us on our adventures. Ms. Watts inspired me more than she will ever know, and I hope that we can bring adventure and exposure to many people.

To teach through experience is the most powerful form of education a human can ever receive. We cannot wait to see what journeys and adventures lie ahead in life, and we hope that we can share our experiences with you.          

Whether it be in the kitchen or on the road, we look forward to hearing from you!

Brandi                   

Check out some of our adventures, including cruising, Atlanta to New England, and Route 66. If you are interested in planning a trip on a budget, click HERE!

If you are a camping enthusiast and you are interested in camping, check out our sister blog at Campers and Campfires!