Janurary 25th 2010 - Day 1 of The Financial Fast
11:35 am - On my way to school I stopped off to get my Monday morning fill up at the gas station, well this morning it would be called more of a Monday morning half tank.
I've gotten in the routine of always using my credit card to get gas, and I didn't carry the $60 in cash that my cars enormous gas tank takes to fill up so I'll have to live with a half tank. Maybe I'll see if I can S T R E T C H that out and make it last the whole week. We'll see. While in the gas station I realized that I wasn't going to be able to buy gum anymore! Ah! I think I remember seeing some have used packages laying around the house that I'll search for when I get home.
I made my own tea this morning and I brought my own snacks. A banana and a fiber one bar. Yum... Hopefully that will last me til I make it home for lunch. Ta Ta!
11:10 pm:
Well, I've gotten through the first day of my financial fast! Luckily I didn't have time to spend any money on unneeded items. Hopefully the next three weeks will go this easy. Probably not. I'm supposed to go dress shopping with one of my friends at the end of the week. I wonder if that is allowed? I figure as long as I won't be buying anything it should be alright... right? Oh well, classes early in the a.m... Goodnight all!
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Taking on The Financial Fast
I got an e-mail this morning from my mother (who I tend to get all my amazing ideas from.) The e-mail was titled " "Financial Fast" and inside all it contained was "do you think you can do it? ;-) ". Hm, is this a challenge? If so, I take it!
Classic me, jumping into something two feet first before I even start to research it. Well, upon clicking on the link that was also included in the e-mail I read what the financial fast is. I'll do a quick summary of it, and I'll include the link here so you can read up on it yourself if you'd like.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123103495.html
The Financial Fast Summary
1. It last 21 days
2. During this fast, you will not shop or use your credit cards.
*By not shopping they mean you must refrain from buying anything that is not a necessity.
*And by necessity, I mean the bare essentials, such as food and medicine.
3. You will refrain from going to the mall or retail stores. Even window shopping is off-limits.
No restaurant meals -- fast food or otherwise. This includes buying breakfast or lunch at work. You can't stop for coffee. Make it at home instead!
4. If any parties are planned within these 3 weeks you are not allowed to buy gifts. You are allowed to make home made gifts if you already own the products needed to make the gift, but no buying for presents! You may not tell the person who the gift is for that you will give them a gift later either.
This is only the first part...
5. The second part of this is stopping your use of plastic. That means no credit or debit card use. They say in the article that people tend to think they are spending less money when they use plastic.
So... This is my challenge. I'm going to keep a blog of this because as this fast alone will probably be much more challenging that it seems I am also going to be completely "de-cluttering" my life starting with my house! I'm going to be selling or giving away all of my things that are unneeded and I'm going to be saving and putting back all that I earn from this. I was to see how much junk I really carry around with me physically, mentally, and emotionally and this is just the beginning of my journey.
Well, that's enough for tonight. Tomorrow should be an interesting day and hopefully a great start to the next chapter of my life! Goodnight to all!
Classic me, jumping into something two feet first before I even start to research it. Well, upon clicking on the link that was also included in the e-mail I read what the financial fast is. I'll do a quick summary of it, and I'll include the link here so you can read up on it yourself if you'd like.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123103495.html
The Financial Fast Summary
1. It last 21 days
2. During this fast, you will not shop or use your credit cards.
*By not shopping they mean you must refrain from buying anything that is not a necessity.
*And by necessity, I mean the bare essentials, such as food and medicine.
3. You will refrain from going to the mall or retail stores. Even window shopping is off-limits.
No restaurant meals -- fast food or otherwise. This includes buying breakfast or lunch at work. You can't stop for coffee. Make it at home instead!
4. If any parties are planned within these 3 weeks you are not allowed to buy gifts. You are allowed to make home made gifts if you already own the products needed to make the gift, but no buying for presents! You may not tell the person who the gift is for that you will give them a gift later either.
This is only the first part...
5. The second part of this is stopping your use of plastic. That means no credit or debit card use. They say in the article that people tend to think they are spending less money when they use plastic.
So... This is my challenge. I'm going to keep a blog of this because as this fast alone will probably be much more challenging that it seems I am also going to be completely "de-cluttering" my life starting with my house! I'm going to be selling or giving away all of my things that are unneeded and I'm going to be saving and putting back all that I earn from this. I was to see how much junk I really carry around with me physically, mentally, and emotionally and this is just the beginning of my journey.
Well, that's enough for tonight. Tomorrow should be an interesting day and hopefully a great start to the next chapter of my life! Goodnight to all!
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