The Money Fast - Update #2

It's been 22 days since we began our money fast. We did great initially - and then a couple of things came up that were of course unexpected.

Animal medicine
Adult medical issues
Registration for sports (children)

We are continuing the fast until the end of the month, but not as vigilantly as we initially wanted to. One thing that is a big negative is that money fasting for even 30 days does not allow us to take advantage of sales for items we need to purchase anyway. For example, school supplies are all on sale this week. I am not so obtuse that I think that not spending the money now will save us in the future because it won't.

So, I'm doubting that we will continue a full money fast in the future. We are contemplating our options. We definitely want to continue the 'no eating out' we are doing. It's been incredibly better on our pocket book and our health. I also like that the money fast got us to thinking about options instead of buying. For example, we wanted to get a monopoly game for our family. I put my request out on freecycle and guess what?! Someone had a brand new, unwrapped game we were able to get (and yes we've played it already).

So many times the things we buy are not urgent to own and finding other methods of obtaining them is important.