Wednesday, October 1, 2008

October Goals

Alot of thought went into the goals for this month. I talked with R about what we want to see happen in the coming months, both short and long term. We know we need to recoup our savings. We also need to pay off our outstanding debt. We'd love to visit R's grandfather, who resides in Hawaii. He's getting on in his years (turns 94 this year), and its highly doubtful that he'll venture back to the mainland before he passes on. There's no other trip we really want to take, or places we want to go. Material objects are just possessions, and we're continuing to distance ourselves from buying just to buy.
On with the goals.
October:
1. Make breakfast a top priority-eat at home or bake muffins/bread on the weekends to bring with us instead of hitting up somewhere on the road
2. Have one crockpot meal a week,
3. Make one extra payment, consisting of $100 (found money-surveys, mystery shopping, etc.) on debt of choice
4. Do one pampering activity for myself per week, without spending a dime
5. Set up something to pamper R, without spending a dime
6. Focus on inexpensive activities for family time
7. Continue to reduce our reliance on credit cards
8. Figure out how much it would cost to go to Hawaii next year (pending our debt was paid off) to visit R's grandfather

1 comment:

Melanie said...

It sounds like you have some great goals this month! I am sure that you will achieve them all!! You're on a good groove now, as long as life lets you recoup a little, I think you'll be doing great financially again in no time.