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If you have dreams and plans for your life, it’s important to set goals to get you there. Otherwise you find yourself playing on Facebook for hours and wondering why you can’t ever get anything done.
Or is that just me?
Are you ready to save some money?
Friday is the day that I reflect on the frugal choices we’ve made in the past week. I like to share these ways on the blog so that you can find new money saving methods that fit into your own family life.
Since I do this every Friday (for 24 weeks now!), I’ve grown quite the collection of tips. If you’d like to read the archives, you can find the entire series right here.
March is moving right in, and spring is…springing. That means that it’s time for a check up of our yearly S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, timed) goals. You can find the list of our yearly goals here if you missed it.
Meal planning is kind of a boring chore. So why not get more of it done in one sitting?
We both know that getting started is probably the hardest part of planning your menu.
So if you can do it fewer times per month, that’s a win! That’s why I do my planning for two weeks at a time.
(Let’s face it…the thought of monthly meal planning is a chore. But weekly meal planning feels like you just got done and now you have to start again?! Two weeks is perfect.)
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The weather was wonderful over the weekend! We got to spend some time outside in between events on our schedule.
As always, I use my Mondays to make a list of the baby steps I want to take that will march us towards our yearly goals (including our BHAG). You can read all about those goals here.
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Happy Friday! Have you had a frugal week?
Last week was not a great one for us. In fact, instead of doing my usual 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week post, I wrote one titled Why We Didn’t Save Money This Week.
Hello lovely readers!
I really love the community we are building here! I hope that you find this blog entertaining and encouraging. Because you guys definitely encourage me every single day.
Oh my heavens. What a week we had last week. Not a very frugal one at all! And busy, busy.
So when I looked over my goals list for the week, I was surprised to realize that I’d done better with the baby steps I had planned for the week than I first realized! I’m glad that I was able to make the most of down time between doctor appointments and craziness.
If you are a regular reader of Medium Sized Family, then you’ve come expecting the usual post in my 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week series. I love writing this series! And don’t worry, because it will return next Friday.
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