Fiscal Fast – The Good. The Bad and The Rest.

My 30 day Fiscal Fast has drawn to a close. It was enlightening yet I can’t pretend I was entirely successful. I held back on updating you all over the last week or so because honestly it was difficult, I broke my no spend rules several times and it is hard to admit, I felt I had failed. The lessons I’ve learnt over the past 30 days about my spending habits were what made the experience worthwhile.

Fiscal Fast – 7 Day Menu

So here it is. I’m not sure whether or not it’s what experts would consider nutritionally balanced but it’s certainly all good, simple, cheap wholesome meals to keep us going and enough variety to please everyone in the house hold.

Fiscal Fast – Cold Enduced Hiccup

That’s it! We have managed to avoid serious colds all winter.  Until now that is. Everyone except me seems to have quite a cough but no sign of runny noses. Yet I on the other hand have escaped the cough but have been hit hard with a stuffy nose and even as I type I am trying to hold back an impending sneeze.

I recognise that colds are not the end of the world and perhaps expected at this time of year. I’d normally battle them with some lemon, honey, ginger, teas, oranges, home made chicken and vegetable soups and plenty of vitamins but this is where the ‘hicupp’ lies;

Fiscal Fast – Opportunity To Serve

So it’s day 5 of my 30 day no spend challenge and I’ve discovered something a little special that never occurred to me before; Fiscal Fasting provides us with an opportunity to serve others. 

I almost broke…

So far setting up this blog has had a few minor challenges. Firstly, I struggled to figure out how to remove or change the logos. I’ve typed up entire posts only somehow to loose them or accidently delete bits and have to start again. Secondly, making the decision whether to keep it minimal and leave out images and photos, what to include what not to include took quite a bit of brain power. Thirdly, I already knew I enjoyed writing but I never anticipated that once I started I wouldn’t be able to stop. Even when I’m not typing I’m thinking about all the things I could write about.

Today though the challenge of setting up my blog AND of my no spend challenge clashed and luckily I stopped my self just in time before I aimed the latter. You see I’ve been wanting to add some features to my site but in order to do that I need to upgrade and to upgrade I need to spend money. I was going through the motions and luckily the thought crossed my mind as I was about to hit the pay button ‘No wait, pay! This is a no spend month right!’.

I got to admit I was a little bit gutted as my mouse hovered over the button how can the very challenge I’m writing about impede my ability to push forward with improving the very platform upon which I am sharing it with you all! As gutted as I was I navigated away from the page as quickly as possible and who knows maybe it’s a blessing in disguise. Now I’ve got more time to think it all through and look over all my options before making a decision!

There are so many avenues to throw our money into every single day that breaking that spending habit can be tricky sometimes!

I almost broke…almost…

via Daily Prompt: Almost

DIY Washing Up Liquid

Day 2 of my Fiscal Fast had me realise that I was already quite low on washing up liquid and sticking with the strategic plan of using my backup options first, I set to thinking about what I could use instead.

For years my grandmother has ranted and raved about the superb qualities of soda crystals. She swears by them for cleaning almost anything and I often use them to soak really greasy dishes in before I wash them up and the results are truly astonishing.  Tackling grease and scrubbing or long soaking of stuck on  foods are a thing of the past. Which got me wondering what was used before liquid dish soap was invented and why don’t we just use soda crystals since they are cost-effective and clean excellently?

It’s Fiscal Fast Time!

 

Over a year ago, when I was searching for tips to cut down on spending, I came across a blog about Fiscal Fasts. I wish I could remember the exact blog but since discovering it I’ve been unable to locate the post I originally read.

Fiscal Fasts have become one of my utmost favourite ways to meet my financial goals and