Giving myself a Break

Ok folks, it's confession time on ye ol' blog. As the originator of Living Large with Less I have to say that as the demands on my time have increased, (and this includes adding a child and returning to work) my ability to pursue all LLWL topics has diminished somewhat. The spirit is definitely willing, but the body sometimes craves sleep over processing receipts, balancing checkbooks, and being an efficient & wise shopper. I still love dispensing advice on the latest deals but I am having trouble with the day to day and even the month to month. I just needed to let you know that I am like so many of you, just trying to make it through the day with everyone safe and fed and hopefully keeping my employer satisfied too.

My encouragement to myself is this: Don't give up. Count each small victory as a success and when you have a free moment be sure to set one or two reasonable and attainable goals. My goal is to deal with the growing mountain of receipts, to input those and track them against our budget. This is something I used to pride myself on doing twice/month. Now I am lucky if it happens every other month! My second goal is to make a plan for where our "extra" income will be directed. I was fortunate enough this summer to pick up some additional hours and I don't simply want the extra money to vanish. I would like to be intentional about some savings and debt reduction, as well as a little bit for something fun. It's a new day and we can all move forward with grace and dignity no matter what happened the last few weeks/months etc of unattended finances.