Resolution June: Financial Awareness

In The Area Of Om Nom Nom

 

 I know, I know...it's not June. Yet. But finances have been on my mind quite a bit this month. More so than usual, and that's a lot! I've been noticing just how very much I eat from fast food restaurants. It's enough to be ashamed of for two lifetimes.  Not only am I ashamed of my serious lack of daily nutritional value, but think of how much money I spend buying meals from a drive thru! Wow. It's a really overwhelming thought.

So my resolution for the ENTIRE month of June will be to avoid eating from any fast food restaurant. I will make an exception for sit-down meals, but only in the company of at least one other person (and it can't have been my invitation or idea). If I go to a fast food place with a group of friends, I'll eat beforehand. Period. It's a month, I can do it.

I think the hardest things for me are going to be the 2 weeks I'm dog- and house-sitting for friends, and any stinking time I go to a coffee shop. I will, however, make one exception to the rule on behalf of my serious addiction to coffee (and how very social drinking a cup of coffee is): I can purchase one cup of black coffee, or one cup of hot tea, both being around $1 ish. That's not too bad. And I'll be saving a bundle because I'm not drinking my regular $3.76 latte.

Now here is the kicker: ANY amount of money I even think about spending at any fast food place, any craving I can't stop drooling over, will immediately be dedicated to bill-paying. I can't imagine how much money I'll not only be saving, but be using to (hopefully) pay a bill or two completely off.  I'll keep a record for my own benefit (and to prove to myself how much of a glutton I am, both in the realm of food and finances).  At the end of the month I'll be able to look back and see how much money I spend monthly on excess, and I'll be able to make an informed, pre-persuaded decision to cut out excess luxury in my life, in order to be more financially fit. A tool, I hope, to carry on for the rest of my life, in the hopes of giving even more to missions, to charity, and to my family.