Actually, I’m going to start with money and a bit of a check in on how things are going. As you may know I set myself two challenges at the start of the year of things not to buy: books and clothes. I had recognised that these were my go tos when I was feeling low and emotionally spending. I have a lot of clothes and a lot of books. Now, personally I believe you can never have too many books but I have such a backlog to read through that I don’t need any more right now. 

Let’s start with what is going well. I’m feeling less stressed about money. That is a big thing for me as it is quite often a key stressor for me. Particularly the lack of money for essential life stuff. But I got to the end of last month and could breathe a sigh of relief because I wasn’t worrying about stretching the pennies out to afford food. 

In today’s blog post I’m going to do something a little different. I’m going to do a little update about how my journey is going and then we’re going to delve into some of the information that is out there on the internet about financial independence and emotional spending. And there is a lot. Quick disclaimer: I am not a financial expert. 

Christmas. It is notoriously an expensive time of the year. Fortunately, we have quite a low key Christmas. We (my partner Marcus and I) had a lovely meal (several in fact) and enjoyed each others company. We visited family and exchanged gifts. So my expenses were higher over this month than usual. But there are a couple of things that help to keep things under control.

It’s the first week of taking charge of my financial situation and that means taking my head out of the sand and facing up to the reality of the situation.

When I sat down to think about what I want to manifest in my life and to reflect on where I am at the moment I became very aware that I generally have this feeling of disorganisation running through my life. I can be a bit scatty and a bit all over the place and not really feel a sense of time. I just drift. For whatever reason I have this disorganisation of my house, my routine, my life and the big one is of my finances.