$pent Millennial

It’s back!

So, here are the silly reasons I have not posted a weekly spending post in the past few weeks

1. I was out of storage on my phone, so I wasn’t able to edit photos to add the spending tracking list
2. The photos I had once I negotiated the storage wouldn’t send to my email from my phone to get to my computer to upload into a post.
3. Those 2 minor inconveniences was just enough resistance for me to sigh and say, “Fine. Skip it. I would rather sink into mindless TV on a Sunday night anyway.” 😂

But, I gave it another try this Sunday evening because I had found that my spending in March was a bit more indulgent than I had planned for, and as I have mentioned I am actually supposed to be reigning it in as we face a bit of uncertainty in these times.

So, I tracked it and created the image yesterday. When it still wouldn’t send to my email, at least the step of mindfully adding it all up for the week showed me where I was at and grounded me in what needs to happen for the rest of the month in order for me to stick to my new and adjusted spending boundaries.

And then this morning, when I looked in my email for my daily newsletter I read each morning, I found the image had sent!

So, here it is!

I know this might not look exactly like a “restricted” spending record. But, the charitable donation was planned, and the monthly bills was also planned and covers my bills for the month.

Now the trick will be to remain diligent and disciplined in my spending categories for the rest of the month. I will (do my best) to keep you all updated with weekly updates!

Want to track your own spending? Here is the tool I created and use.

Happy Tracking!