One week
It's been one week of August, and there have been some setbacks. Most big missions/quests/things that are worth taking the time out to do are worth doing. I never saw myself as someone who had difficulty hanging on to money. Financial independence, working hard to pay my way- these are values I've always seen in myself. But after setting up this challenge for myself, I'm becoming more and more aware of the ways in which money bleeds out. It takes a lot of time, and energy, to keep track of every dime. It's harder still to focus on my own life and what's important to me, even through the problems life sends others. Someone said to me "There will always be things to buy. There will always be problems and situations where you can talk yourself into spending money. Stopping before every purchase to think "What if I didn't have any money?" helps to realign your necessities, and see that perhaps that nice watch or extra bag of chips really isn't...
