blindly stumble forward with me as i answer the question, “can i spend on nothing but needs for 30 straight days?”

i’ll tell you right now, i won’t be turning this experiment into a daily habit.

i’ll certainly take it farther than i used to, but here’s why i won’t even try to keep this up forever. i’ve worked my “wants meter” down to less than a quarter per day. if i kept that pace over the course of a year, that’s less than $100 spent on wants. sounds great for a miser, but that’s not what i want to be. my goal is not to hoard as much as possible, it’s to be wiser with my money than i was before the pruning began. that, i’ve accomplished. that will continue.

but i also want to live a little. that’s part of why i’m here.

~score~
wants: $6.38
daily avg: $0.23
poor planning: $36.82

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