There’s one more gift left this season — it’s one to give yourself and your family.  One that will bless you for many years.  It will make you wiser; it will make you better.  It will light a spark and can change your life.  Really!  It IS the gift that keeps on giving.  And it’s one we gave ourselves a little over a year ago.  It’s Financial Peace University, and it knocked our socks off.  We believe it’s so great that we want to give one of our Bloggersock readers FREE TUITION!  So read on…

In this month’s issue of Real Simple magazine (awesome mag, by the way!), the following thought is shared: “Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.” -Ester De Waal, Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict

Now doesn’t that say it all?  Sure makes it easier to live.  Sure frees you to do the things you really want to do.  Our insatiable desire for more, for bigger, for better is grotesque in many cases.  Gluttony has spread far too wide, and it’s become way too normal to the point that we’ve lost all focus; we don’t even get it.

Thankfully, financial literacy is making a comeback, and it’s time to get on the bus!  Single or married; children or none; deep in debt or not at all — we say everyone can benefit from gaining the knowledge and experience of FPU.  While the FPU lessons are not all that earth-shattering (and you may have heard them before), they are presented in a way that forces you out of the haze, that shows you how to live outside the norm.  Learning to live with fiscal responsibility is a course everyone should take and pass.  And learning alongside your spouse, partner, family member or classmate is the powerful key to this education.  It’s like an exercise buddy — get one, and your chances of success increase greatly.  If you aren’t on the same page as another in your household, it’s a problem.  Solve it.

Classes are offered through a local church.  Find a class in your area here.  Then make a commitment to yourself, along with your spouse (if applicable), that you want to “live like no one else” as Dave so aptly puts it.  TO WIN TUITION ($99), LEAVE A COMMENT HERE WITH THE DATE AND LOCATION OF YOUR CLASS, ALONG WITH YOUR AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT TO GO!  We will pick ONE commenter at random on New Year’s Day, so get your comments in before then!

If you are a FPU supporter and/or have enjoyed the experience, please share your inspiration too!