New Leaf
So it's already February. The weather seems to be milder, Spring is just around the corner and I'm definitely looking forward to it.
I'm not one to make New Years resolutions, in fact I know if I made any they'd be broken too long before I ever started. Which is why I never made any this year.
However these last couple of weeks I have been inspired to budget and get our savings and financial goals underway. This time I am determined. Determined to keep myself in check and my husband to our spending guidelines. And determined to teach ourselves how to stick to our goals.
I thought I would hate having to budget. I always saw budgeting as our money taking control of us, not allowing us to do things, and sacrificing versus helping us. Was I wrong or what? Through this process of letting myself learn more about money, taking helpful tips and applying them I have seen that whatever I want to do I can, and that in fact by budgeting I am in total control of our money not our money controlling us. I've also learned that I actually like the process of budgeting and finding ways to use our money beneficially.
We got some financial advice and budgeting ideas from a financial institution, and I found myself on a website full of sound advice of how to manage things like impulse buying, credit use, savings tips, and all sorts of financial wisdom.
Now we've only had a budget implemented for about a whole 2 weeks, so I know theres plenty of time for things to go wrong, but so far I am so excited to see our goals happen and feel more secure and less attacked by our money.
This is my first post and this whole blogging thing is new for me, so I'm sorry that my first blog had to be about something as mundane as money, but I have been pretty excited about it all.
Well signing off...
I'm not one to make New Years resolutions, in fact I know if I made any they'd be broken too long before I ever started. Which is why I never made any this year.
However these last couple of weeks I have been inspired to budget and get our savings and financial goals underway. This time I am determined. Determined to keep myself in check and my husband to our spending guidelines. And determined to teach ourselves how to stick to our goals.
I thought I would hate having to budget. I always saw budgeting as our money taking control of us, not allowing us to do things, and sacrificing versus helping us. Was I wrong or what? Through this process of letting myself learn more about money, taking helpful tips and applying them I have seen that whatever I want to do I can, and that in fact by budgeting I am in total control of our money not our money controlling us. I've also learned that I actually like the process of budgeting and finding ways to use our money beneficially.
We got some financial advice and budgeting ideas from a financial institution, and I found myself on a website full of sound advice of how to manage things like impulse buying, credit use, savings tips, and all sorts of financial wisdom.
Now we've only had a budget implemented for about a whole 2 weeks, so I know theres plenty of time for things to go wrong, but so far I am so excited to see our goals happen and feel more secure and less attacked by our money.
This is my first post and this whole blogging thing is new for me, so I'm sorry that my first blog had to be about something as mundane as money, but I have been pretty excited about it all.
Well signing off...
I didn't know you blog! I just saw this on fb and decided to take a peek. Good topic to start off with...I actually love budgets and all...I'm a huge planner so budgets make me feel secure, and like you said, in control instead of IT controlling you. If you have any good tips you should let me know :)...oh btw it's Maria from bible study..
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