Using What I Have Journal Entry #23: Baking Bread and Launching a New Low Spend Month
I need a reset. Shopping on the 6-week cycle isn't working super well anymore, so I am anticipating shorter trips more frequently in the fall. When I was just waiting until I felt I had to go, it did average 6 weeks, but setting a deliberate 6-week cycle meant I was buying a lot more on purpose to last the 6 weeks--and then it wasn't going according to plan and things got off kilter. I'd have bought something for a specific meal, and then wouldn't have calculated something properly, and had to repurpose it or save it for the next 6-week cycle. Also, infrequent shopping had a reason that presently doesn't exist. I was optimizing my time in part because I'd taken a second job three months ago. I loved the work and it paid well, but for reasons that had nothing to do with my performance, that gig abruptly went away last week. Right now, my expenses are not so high that I should be as concerned as I am about what this means for me. And I have ideas for how to ...
