2018 Goals

[ruadisneyfan2]

Week 5 update:

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans


Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner


Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300

Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents


Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)


Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed

Get the upstairs bathroom and spare bedroom fully remodeled (needs to be cleaned/organized, needs estimate, needs contractor start date, needs to be completed)

Start leaving work at work! (cut down conversations about idiot/lazy/incompetent coworkers)

JMHO but I would attack that last $900 of student loans before tossing money in any other direction (except necessities and min payment of bills)
Once that is eliminated, the monthly payment that once went to student loans is now available for other uses, and you will reach those goals more quickly.

 

[comicguy]

JMHO but I would attack that last $900 of student loans before tossing money in any other direction (except necessities and min payment of bills)
Once that is eliminated, the monthly payment that once went to student loans is now available for other uses, and you will reach those goals more quickly.

Made a 600 payment in Jan and the balance later this month when the statement comes in

Our only debt is mortgage and 1 car payment so not much to worry about. The student loan is simply more of a nuisance now than anything but it will be gone next week or so!!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Made a 600 payment in Jan and the balance later this month when the statement comes in

Our only debt is mortgage and 1 car payment so not much to worry about. The student loan is simply more of a nuisance now than anything but it will be gone next week or so!!

 

[disneymagicgirl]

I love this thread. I am going to have to ponder some goals and join in!

 

[comicguy]

Week 6 update: 1 day delay because of out of town robotics competition

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!


Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)


Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350

Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents


Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)


Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed

Get the upstairs bathroom and spare bedroom fully remodeled (needs to be cleaned/organized, needs estimate, needs contractor start date, needs to be completed)

Start leaving work at work! (cut down conversations about idiot/lazy/incompetent coworkers)

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Congrats on paying off your debt! It feels great doesn't it?
I didn't have student loan debt but mostly credit cards and seriously I would log back in every now and then just to see the big ol' zero balance! It takes a lot of hard work & persistence but it's great when you can cross a bill off your list.


Now, how on Earth you have the patience to count how many things you've uncluttered is beyond me.

 

[comicguy]

Week 7 update:

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner


Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400

Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad


Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)


Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed

 

[Andrea1975]

Week 7 was a good week.

• Average $1000/month in long-term savings: I won't hit $1000 for February, but still on track overall
• Put at least $2400 in each kid's 529 accounts: $1200/2400 each
• Deposit $1000 of found money: $849/1000

 

[comicguy]

Week 8 update:

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)

Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450

Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up


Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)


Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes
  

 

[tink1970]

Week 8, wow!

First of all, congrats @comicguy for eliminating those student loans-that is a wonderful feeling

As for me...

1) no more McD's for breakfast (it is soo close and easy)
2) eat at home during the week (DH works out of town so he enjoys eating out on weekends when he's home but if I can eat at home during the week it will help)
3) gym 5X week--I was really getting back into in until the flu hit last week
4) less random spending (okay this doesn't conform to the SMART method at all but I know what I mean-not going to Target and coming out with 20 things vice 2; not getting an Amex offer and spending $50 unnecessary to get $10 back).
5) hoping 1, 2, and 3 will assist in getting BMI back to "healthy" window

1) I think this past week only on Thursday, my read to VPK child day. I dread this volunteer project so have decided it's okay to bribe myself

2) Ate out two lunches (1 scheduled with a friend, one because I was super lazy and wanted a nice big salad someone else was making). On the other hand, DH and I have only eaten out once this weekend so that's a positive change!

3) Gym-good with that, also walking the dogs almost daily since it isn't too hot yet.

4) I definitely didn't take advantage of the Amex $200 off $1000 spend at Hilton Hawaii offer so proud of myself However, had to schedule a last minute flight/hotel for next week to NYC BUT used companion pass for DD and miles for DM so the hit to the credit card wasn't as bad as it could have been, I suppose.

Also, decided to postpone DH's and my big DD is out of the house trip from 11/19 to 4/21 so I can buy more time to save up both money and miles.

5) Made the mistake of weighing myself. I have lost 1 whole pound. Sigh...but better than gaining or staying the same. Darn the middle age metabolism!

Hope everyone has a great week

 

[sdoll]

I love this idea. We have had a horrible year and a half and some of the major stress has been alleviated as we head into 2018. In Sept of 2016 my DH lost his job. He was off work for 4 months. 3 weeks after he went back to work I lost mine. I was lucky! i started a new job 13 days later and I am 10 times happier. My mother in law had been living with us the past year and we sadly lost her this winter. I hate saying this but every cloud has a silver lining we had been working the Dave Ramsey plan prior to her death. We are now at baby step 4. In addition to paying off some silly debt we were able to do some much needed repairs to our house, have our savings for baby step 3.
My goals for 2018
Get an actual working budget
Continue to save for house work
start college savings for my boys
Work on my marriage- This should probably be at the top and might speak volumes that its not...
continue working on my personal health.

 

[comicguy]

Week 9 update: Bit of a busy work for work and other things

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)


Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days


Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500

Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up


Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299

Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes

 

[comicguy]

Week 10 update: Been a busy work week

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner

Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550


Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up



Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299

Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes

 

[tink1970]

Way to stay on track, @comicguy

As for me... well...
1) no more McD's for breakfast (it is soo close and easy)
2) eat at home during the week (DH works out of town so he enjoys eating out on weekends when he's home but if I can eat at home during the week it will help)
3) gym 5X week--I was really getting back into in until the flu hit last week
4) less random spending (okay this doesn't conform to the SMART method at all but I know what I mean-not going to Target and coming out with 20 things vice 2; not getting an Amex offer and spending $50 unnecessary to get $10 back).
5) hoping 1, 2, and 3 will assist in getting BMI back to "healthy" window

1) better, not perfect in the ams...
2) I think I only ate out for lunch/dinner once so that is quite a change (for the best)
3) I missed the gym because of a headache plus my new foster dog. Did manage to meet with my trainer twice and we came up with some new
goals and ways to meet them
4) If you ignore the 2 cruises I booked (ouch) this week, I did pretty well. DD and I actually need new shoes and it was painful to spend money so
that's a nice change in attitude! I did use an AMex offer to buy tp, paper towels and razor blades, saving $20 off of $75-nothing I bought was non
essential, though so happy about that
5) BMI the same, sigh. Hoping continuing to change the diet plus shaking up my workouts will help. I keep reminding myself this is a long, slow
process.

Good luck to everyone on their goals this week.

 

[comicguy]

Week 11 update: Been a very weird, off the wall, and semi-unproductive work week

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
3/12 - 3/18 2 breakfast and 1 lunch

Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/11 - 3/15 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550
3/18 50/600


Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up



Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)
3/12 - 3/18 7 items decluttered (374)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299

Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes

 

[mommy2mrb]

Haven’t updated for a bit.

New house is progressing!

Condo going on the market 4/4.
Movers been scheduled for 6/4 and we are heading to MA 6/6!

DD is waiting on last college decision coming 3/22, she was denied last week at one, but she had already decided it wasn’t the one.
Think she will be accepting at one, it is offering her so much! Only way she will consider Thursday decision if accepted is the $.. she realizes huge debt it not how she wants to start her life.

Packing has gone well for getting condo ready. Have a few more cleaning things to do and we are set to go!

I’ve lost 5 of my 10 pounds!

Made two extra CC payments and put money aside for our spring break trip to MA.

When we get back packing will be in full force.
Prom 5/5
Graduation/good bye party 5/19
Baccalaureate 5/31
Graduation 6/1
Movers 6/4
Move to MA 6/6

Plus work, school and other senior days at school activities.

Thinking of taking a few days after we get settled in for a little relaxing vacation on a beach someone.

 

[imbatman]

I have several goals this year.

Financial:

1. Pay off CC1 (charged up by DH without my knowledge--see Debt Dumpers thread).
2. Pay off upcoming WDW trip before going in December. $7068.68 in Jan.
3. Follow through with tracking expenditures and planning ahead, since I suck at budgets (yes, I've tried YNAB)
4. Pay down CC2 to $8000 by December.

Personal:

1. Finish writing projects - End of April for current project
2. Exercise - Start walking.
3. Research new writing project with dad (who is succumbing to cancer, so this is important to me)

Around the house (aka, zero dollars):

1. Declutter office
2. Organize garage
3. Declutter my bedroom
4. Keep living room and kitchen picked up daily

 

[comicguy]

Week 12 update: Another busy and semi-unproductive week

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
3/12 - 3/18 2 breakfast and 1 lunch
3/19 - 3/25 2 breakfast and 2 dinners

Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/11 - 3/15 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
3/19 - 3/23 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550
3/18 50/600
3/24 50 /650


Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up
3/25 1 partial notepad used up



Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)
3/12 - 3/18 7 items decluttered (374)
3/19 - 3/25 1 item decluttered (375)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299

Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes

 

[imbatman]

Week 1 Goals: (since I started my post)

Financial:

1. Pay off CC1 DONE on 3/21!
2. Pay off upcoming WDW trip before going in December. $7068.68 in Jan. Payment made last week towards rooms. Looking to buy 2/5 airline tickets in April.
3. Follow through with tracking expenditures and planning ahead, since I suck at budgets (yes, I've tried YNAB)
4. Pay down CC2 to $8000 by December. Last minimum payment made last week. Starting double payments next month.

Personal:

1. Finish writing projects - End of April for current project Outline and first chapter completed.
2. Exercise - Start walking. Uncooperative weather...and other excuses.
3. Research new writing project with dad (who is succumbing to cancer, so this is important to me)

Around the house (aka, zero dollars):

1. Declutter office
2. Organize garage
3. Declutter my bedroom
4. Keep living room and kitchen picked up daily 5 out of 7 days.

 

[comicguy]

Week 13 update: Another busy and semi-unproductive week

Goals for 2018

Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!

Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150
3/31 3273

Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000


Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000


Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
3/12 - 3/18 2 breakfast and 1 lunch
3/19 - 3/25 2 breakfast and 2 dinners
3/26 - 3/31 2 breakfast and 1 dinner

Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/11 - 3/15 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
3/19 - 3/23 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/26 - 3/30 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days

Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550
3/18 50/600
3/24 50 /650
3/31 50/700



Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)

Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer Now having to start buying some grocery staples again as we have done a great job of using a lot up!
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left

Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up
3/25 1 partial notepad used up
3/31 1 partial note pad used up



Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)
3/12 - 3/18 7 items decluttered (374)
3/19 - 3/25 1 item decluttered (375)
3/26 - 3/31 32 items decluttered (407)

Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299

Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished
3/26 Book 12 finished

Somehow I forgot to copy the house goals in to this for accountability

Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled

• Clean/organize
• Estimate
  • Contractor came to look at project 2/23
• Start Date
• Project Finished

Fix items around the house

• Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
• Seal Laundry Room window casing
• Seal Cellar Door
• Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
• Re-Build Flower Beds
• Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
• Install shelving in tool shed
• Organize Tool Shed
• Scrape Tool Shed
• Paint Tool Shed
• Fix Outside Phone Line
• Fix leaking gutter
• Add leaf catchers to gutters
• Insulate cellar staircase
• Re-Insulate cellar
• Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
• Prime and Paint Justin’s room
• Replace cellar stairs
• Fill/seal Driveway cracks
• Fill curbing cracks/holes