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!
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