a sound saving strategy

If all you ever do is work, there is never any time to spend the money you're always earning. It's really quite a sound saving strategy. And all you have to do is give your life to your work.

I haven't quite reached that level yet -- though some fear I'm already too close. Trust me, I believe that time off is time well spent. Still, the overtime is nice.

Maybe this is too soon, but it's been weighing on my mind: I don't know what I'm going to do in a week, when I'm free from the shackles of my no-spend experiment.

The truth is, No.1 penny pincher that I am, next month, when I'm not hosting a blog on saving, I will definitely spend more money. At the same time, it's not like I'll be going to the mall or anything. I won't up and buy a pony.

Actually, now that I think about it, my health insurance kicks in on April 1 (seriously). So, hypothetically at least, I will be spending less from my so-called "non-negotiable expenses" and therefore less overall.

Unless, of course, I go and blow it all on who-knows-what.

Comments

[Eli]

Come next week, you need to figure out a way to keep blogging, amigo - on thrifting or on any other holistic topic you feel like tackling. The Herald would do well to keep you on its blog roster.

Indeed, I have not been applying your sage saving tips - not one. (I've taken other dramatic steps to reduce my expenses recently, though - like decamping to the Jersey Shore after being priced out of Manhattan.)But it's been a blast reading about your experiment.

Blog on, dude, blog on...