So we have a few of those industrial size pickle jars (don't judge our love of pickles) and I read somewhere (probably Pinterest) about a lady that takes every $5 bill she get and puts it back. In something like 7 years, she amassed over $20k...just sticking back every $5.
Pickle jar...you are about to become an experiment. Starting sometime next month, the pickle jar will become the $5 jar. A second one will become loose change jar. (Note: I should probably put one in my car as there is currently at least $4 worth of change hanging out in just the door pocket thingy right now.)
Since we will be transitioning from using debit for everything BACK to cash (with the exception of bills that are already set to be paid through ACH/Debit) only, we're sure to land on a Fiver now and again. And change, oh boy...that will always be a given. Tanker is down with the plan. We both have noticed that we spend considerably more money paying via debit...so cash only and saving every little cent it is (literally).
Call it an experiment in curiosity more than anything. We know what we spend via debit (it's there for me to see, download and pour over anytime I want). Now we want to see how we'll do via cash only.
Confession...we aren't used to having the income we have now. We're used to living on half the amount. We went through a period of not knowing what to do with ourselves and wasting money. It became easy to see it, want it, buy it. And we found the screamers coming down with serious cases of the 'gimme' disease. No more.
Spending like that didn't make us happy or make us better people. It just gave us more crap to pack up and move or sell. A flippin' headache.
Now, we're pretending that we're bringing in what we're accustomed to. I don't check the balance after all the bills are paid and we have a set amount each pay period budgeted for groceries, gas and entertainment. You know what, this month has been a good month for us. Hopefully it's a preview of the new norm.
Pickle jar...you are about to become an experiment. Starting sometime next month, the pickle jar will become the $5 jar. A second one will become loose change jar. (Note: I should probably put one in my car as there is currently at least $4 worth of change hanging out in just the door pocket thingy right now.)
Since we will be transitioning from using debit for everything BACK to cash (with the exception of bills that are already set to be paid through ACH/Debit) only, we're sure to land on a Fiver now and again. And change, oh boy...that will always be a given. Tanker is down with the plan. We both have noticed that we spend considerably more money paying via debit...so cash only and saving every little cent it is (literally).
Call it an experiment in curiosity more than anything. We know what we spend via debit (it's there for me to see, download and pour over anytime I want). Now we want to see how we'll do via cash only.
Confession...we aren't used to having the income we have now. We're used to living on half the amount. We went through a period of not knowing what to do with ourselves and wasting money. It became easy to see it, want it, buy it. And we found the screamers coming down with serious cases of the 'gimme' disease. No more.
Spending like that didn't make us happy or make us better people. It just gave us more crap to pack up and move or sell. A flippin' headache.
Now, we're pretending that we're bringing in what we're accustomed to. I don't check the balance after all the bills are paid and we have a set amount each pay period budgeted for groceries, gas and entertainment. You know what, this month has been a good month for us. Hopefully it's a preview of the new norm.
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