Only freedom will do

hiddenshadow

edinburgher wrote: »

That sounds like a good idea HS and I like to gamify things as well. The problem is that I do it too much (ten projects on the go at once). It leads to spotty results and frustration for me.

I think I'll take the 'boiling a frog' approach for a while and see how that goes - focus on one thing at a time and improve it incrementally.

Yeah, I try and pick one (or maybe two) targets for a given month. I find it easier to manage and with a limited focus I can be more creative in that sphere (just what can we have for dinner with rice, a lemon, and some mince?!). Plus it's easier to measure against a couple of targets.

Good luck with the frog boiling technique - we're doing that (very gradually) with grocery spends. Trying to reduce our budget by about £5 every month.

edinburgher

(just what can we have for dinner with rice, a lemon, and some mince?!)

Mhhh... Greek style meatballs with rice! Got a pinch of oregano and some salt and pepper?

hiddenshadow

edinburgher wrote: »

Mhhh... Greek style meatballs with rice! Got a pinch of oregano and some salt and pepper?

I think on that day we did something along those lines. Not sure if we did meatballs or a more stew-y sort of thing with some chopped tomatoes...but we didn't go buy more groceries. :cool:

Karmacat

This is what its all about, Ed - examining your life, adjusting or revelling in what you find, according to the facts good for you.

edinburgher

Thanks KC. On a totally unrelated note, I was greatly amused by your comment about having more toilet rolls on the SHTF thread. I think you're taking things too literally :rotfl:

edinburgher

I am a little hyper today, looking forward to our hollybags sooooo much! :j

• £170 paid off 0% CC
• Mrs E SIPP updated (we'd forgotten to set up a monthly fund choice, so money was being paid in and was siting down nowt!)
• Small amount of P2P interest withdrawn
• Actual *cash* taken out for holiday, I honestly thought that Paypal had abolished it already :rotfl:

5.5 hours left at work (not that I'm counting)

Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

Thanks KC. On a totally unrelated note, I was greatly amused by your comment about having more toilet rolls on the SHTF thread. I think you're taking things too literally :rotfl:

The toilet roll/prepper joke is at least a million years old Even when I try to joke, I'm too subtle, thats my real problem :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Enjoy your hollybag, Ed :j:j:j

earthgirl

Enjoy the holiday Ed - it'll be fantastic.

smallholdingsister

Bog rolls are an eternally rich seam of comedy.

edinburgher

earthgirl wrote: »

Enjoy the holiday Ed - it'll be fantastic.

Cheers EG, have made it as far as Nottingham, Kent here we come! DD sleeping peacefully in travel cot next to us, a lovely return to the not so distant past