Forget the Joneses Project

I get feeds on my Facebook page from Mommysavers.com and this month they are having a challenge called, Forget the Joneses Project. They've been doing it for the past few years but this is the first year I've heard of it and decided to try it out. The purpose is to get back on track financially, simplify, define your goals and add more meaning to your life.  Daily assignments start Monday, January 10th and run through the end of the month.

So it's the 10th and the first assignment.... Put Your Family on a 21-Day Spending Freeze. You can click on the title to learn more about the project and what the 21-Day Spending Freeze is all about. This shall be interesting. Good thing I made my trip to Wallyworld today to buy my paint, which isn't a need, well kind of if I ever want my bathroom cabinet finished. 

But here is a just a snap-shot of what the 21-Day Spending Freeze is about:

What is a spending freeze? To put it simply: no more unnecessary spending. You’re not allowed to spend money on anything but necessities.  Use up the food you have in your cupboards.  Your grocery budget is now limited to what you must buy (milk and toilet paper, for example).  Think of it as “Mommysavers Survivor” except the only prize at the end of the game is the money you’ve saved.
A spending freeze is not a long-term lifestyle by any means. The main goals of the spending freeze are:

• Get accustomed to using up what you have and making do without, which will help exercise your creative muscle and become more resourceful
• Reinforce the difference between wants and needs
• Practice delay of gratification
• Stay out of the stores thereby reducing temptation and finding other forms of “entertainment”

Why 21 days? Research shows it takes approximately 21 days to make something a habit. During these three weeks we’ll be practicing the following skills:...click link above for more info.


So this is kind of a last minute decision, as in last night last minute, but I think it's what we need to do, well Brad doesn't know we're doing yet though but it's only 21 days so he'll survive. Just no going out to lunch....sorry John.