No Spend Diet
I decided that June will be a no spend month for me. Gonna be a challenge. I did spend money yesterday- on fast food for my dad and sister as “payment” for their help on my house. My rules... no spending on anything unless it’s:
for the house (excluding furniture)
groceries
gas
gift
related to the baby shower I’m planning
my friend’s birthday event
work-related
The hardest part will be avoiding social activities and shopping. I have been a shopper for quite some time, I’m trying to change that aspect of my identity. Some steps I have taken/am taking to avoid falling into the traps and getting tempted to buy clothes and other unnecessary things: deleted shopping apps from my phone, unsubscribe from marketing emails, managed my ad preferences/edited my Facebook interests in an attempt to decrease targeted ads, avoid directly visiting shopping websites. Targeted ads will be a big challenge. Unless I decide not to scroll through my Facebook news feed or Instagram feed, I don’t know that I’ll be able to totally avoid the ads.
