[Update] I Tried a No Spend Month and Here’s What Happened
You?ve heard me share my decision to do a no spend month on my blog, in my email newsletter and on social media. As we approach the end of the month, I thought it would be helpful to dive a little deeper into why I did this in the first place, how I saved my money and what I learned from this experience.
How It Started
Before I share how I executed my no spend month, let?s talk about how I got to this point in the first place.Â
In August of last year I endured an unexpected layoff at my full-time job. (Sidebar: Of course, hindsight is 20/20 so I should have paid more attention to the red flags but we?ll save this conversation for another time).Â
Anyways, I was with the company for less than a year so I received very little severance pay. So for the months of September and October I was living off unemployment benefits. If you have never been laid off before or have never claimed unemployment benefits, it?s very little pay. Granted, I needed anything I could get because I had rent and a slew of other bills. I am very lucky to have a partner to lean on but trying to find a new job while unemployed was extremely difficult and stressful.Â
Eventually I was able to secure a job that I started at the end of October and then bam?it was the holiday shopping season! Like every holiday season, I do my best to budget appropriately but like always, I ended up exceeding my budget.Â
I knew by the end of December that I desperately needed a no spend month.Â
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