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When we decided to live this summer on a cash budget, I was nervous. Not only did I know it would be a challenge, but I feared that we would feel deprived and miserable. Almost three weeks into the experiment, that’s not the case at all. In fact, there have been several unexpected benefits. Weight [...]
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Photo by lonebluelady We’re only in the second week of our no spend summer, and we’ve already hit some challenges and setbacks. Even though we know it’s worth it, limiting our spending has been really tough. It’s a challenge to keep ourselves from feeling deprived and losing motivation. There are some things that I associate [...]
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If you’re following my progress through my progress meters in the sidebar, you may have noticed some changes over the weekend. Our emergency fund is now over 75% complete! Woo hoo! We’re getting so close! Our Europe fund doesn’t appear to have changed, but it did. I increased our savings goal for Europe to $10,000 [...]
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We made it through our first cash-only weekend! It has been quite a challenge, but it’s actually been fun! Here are some highlights: Successes We didn’t use our debit cards once! The only money we spent was from the $90 we withdrew on Saturday. We also didn’t go over budget! After buying groceries and seeing [...]
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