Minus Month Challenge #5

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Hello, and welcome to the fifth “Minus Month Challenge” here at NMI!

Here I take one of my many indulgences and strip it from my budget for an entire month.

The goal isn’t specifically to save a bunch of money, but rather, to save a little while also learning the importance of delaying gratification for the future good of myself.

A minus month can also come with some pleasant side effects such as weight loss, more energy, better mood, a fatter wallet and spontaneous bursts of joy (OK, not really).

Last month I decided to give up alcohol and I was totally successful! I didn’t buy it once! There were even a handful of times when I had the chance to drink and I didn’t.

I didn’t even miss it. Good for my wallet and body.

This month I decided to give up another frequent love of mine: pop!

I love pop. It’s effervescent.

 

 

It’s definitely something I indulge in way too frequently, and I need to change it.  So I am.  I’m not going to buy pop this month, sailing on the success of last month.  I do drink way more pop than alcohol, though, so this will probably be a little difficult.

 

 

 

THE MINUS MONTH CALENDAR

I’ll be indicating a successful minus day with the hashtag #DB, which stands for ‘didn’t break’, and a fail day with the hashtag #B, which stands for ‘break’.

 

WEEK 1

Day 1 – #DB

Day 2 – #DB

Day 3 – #DB

Day 4 – #DB

Day 5 – #DB

Day 6 – #DB

Day 7 – #B – I had an ice cold Dr. Pepper with my lunch and it was so good and worth it.

 

WEEK 2

Day 8 – #DB

Day 9 – #DB

Day 10 – #DB

Day 11 – #DB

Day 12 – #DB

Day 13 – #DB

Day 14 – #DB

 

WEEK 3

Day 15 – #B – I got a Dr. Pepper with a burger from Culver’s.  It was a small.

Day 16 – #DB

Day 17 – #DB

Day 18 – #DB

Day 19 – #DB

Day 20 – #DB

Day 21 – #DB

 

WEEK 4 +

Day 22 – #B – I again got a pop with a burger.

Day 23 – #DB

Day 24 – #DB

Day 25 – #DB

Day 26 – #DB

Day 27 – #DB

Day 28 – #DB

Day 29 – #DB

Day 30 – #DB

Day 31 – #DB

 

 

FINAL THOUGHTS

So this month wasn’t as successful as last month.

I bought pop a handful of times, though I definitely cut back.  I usually buy it at least three times a week, probably more, and I only bought it three times this whole month!  Not too bad, actually.

 

 

WANNA JOIN ME?

Got something you wanna do without for a month?  Got a bad habit you wanna break?

Join me as I track my progress with the fifth minus month challenge!

 

          – NMI

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