Month One Reflections

Now that month one of curbing my spending is over, I still find myself not wanting to spend. Which was the point. One of the main contributing factors to not being too tempted is the fact that we are on a single income that just pays our bills. With our move to FL, we changed some things. One of those is that I am now the bread winner and Randy gets to take some time to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. I think if I had tried this in VA, it would have been a lot harder. As I think back on the month, I know I would have done somethings differently but really the point was to stop buying just because I can. I have a $20 in my wallet, so I must need to spend it. Thankfully, after 4wks of having the $20 in the wallet and not "needing" to spend it my attitude toward spending has changed. Which, like I said, was the point. We as a society have become too accustomed to the buy now, buy anything, buy as much as you want mentalities. Kids are not generally taught about saving for what they want. Their parents buy it for them - in the middle of the week, for no special occasion. They have no concept of saving for a rainy day or giving to someone else that has less than they do. It is all about me and mine. Somewhere along the way, the giving nature of my generation and the generations before me, has gone to the wayside. Instead of the question being, "what about them?" it is now, "what about me?" Where is Mine? He has more than I do. That's mine. The concept of sharing or giving when you are done with it seems to have taken a detour and hit a dead end road. When are we going to - as a society - get back to helping out one another because we should, not just when it is convenient and costs us nothing? I have two more days to think on this. I'm sure I will have more to say on the matter before I switch gears to food. But, TTFN