I read a lot of blogs, including a lot of personal finance blogs. One of the things that I am always impressed by is the discipine shown by many bloggers when managing and keeping track of their money. One blog that has particularly inspired me is http://www.nomorespending.net/, written by a lady called Laura. I confess that when I first read her blog I was a little taken aback by the level of attention paid to every aspect of her budget and every last pound. But after a while I started to see the point. There is just no denying it - her hard work and discipline gets results.
I think one of the keys to Laura’s success is that she carefuly sets her targets and then monitors her performance against them. So I am going to take inspiration from her (well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all!) and try and do the same…
Financial
- Save money - a target of £12,000
- Sell unwanted items on ebay - a target of £1000
- Make a monthly budget (and stick to it)
- Investigate and develop a second income stream (I have an idea, more on that later)
Personal
- Organise my stuff – starting with my wardrobe
- Be tidy - stop using the spare room as a dumping ground and put my stuff away instead
- Lose weight – 1 stone
- Get my vegetable plot up and running
- Stop wilfing* at work
- Keep myself accountable by posting here at least once a week
January Mini Goals
- Save £1000 towards my total by endeavouring to have a super frugal january
- Let my rental property
- Get a Gravatar
- Get my blog header and main picture sorted out
- Set up the composting bin
*meaning to surf the internet aimlessly and derived from ‘what was i looking for?’ (i love this word, especially because it sounds a bit dirty but isn’t at all!)
C’est tout.
