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Day 29: Reassess Your Budget
This is the twenty-ninth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * You're very nearly done, so it’s time to kick your feet up, pat yourself on the back, and … wait. Not yet. We still have a little bit of work...
Day 28: Week 4 Reflection
This is the twenty-eighth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * Wow! Can you believe you're almost done? You made it four whole weeks! That's pretty amazing. I know it’s been tough, but you’ve soldiered...
Day 27: Have Fun With Your Family
This is the twenty-seventh day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * Believe it or not, we are rapidly approaching the end of our 31 Days. How have you done? Can you believe you’ve made it for almost four...
Day 26: Enjoy a Free Date Night
This is the twenty-sixth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * So this week we’ve found ways to get free items, earn a little extra money, and we started to barter, so now it’s time to shift our focus...
Day 25: Try Bartering
This is the twenty-fifth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * Twenty-five days into this crazy (as in, crazy awesome!) spending freeze, you might be starting to miss one or two things. Or ten. Or fifty....
Day 24: Get Free Stuff
This is the twenty-fourth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: What’s better than free? There is just something so thrilling about getting something for...
Day 23: Get Free Money
This is the twenty-third day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * Have you ever gotten to the end of the month and thought to yourself, “Where the heck did all my money go?” (If not, then you are clearly a...
Day 22: Sell Your Stuff
This is the twenty-second day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * I have good news! We’ve made it to the final full week of the 31 Days of Living Well and Spending Zero Challenge, and you are rocking it! In...
Day 21: Week 3 Reflection
This is the twenty-first day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * It has been a very busy week. Productive, creative, fun, exciting, good … but busy. My guess is that after three weeks of stretching...
Day 20: Have a Spa Day at Home
This is the twentieth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * It's time to treat yourself! You’ve made it two-thirds of the way through the challenge. You’ve cleaned, you’ve cooked, you’ve created, and...
Day 19: Prepare to Pamper Yourself
This is the nineteenth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * Here we are, very nearly done with Week 3! Hopefully you’re feeling like you’ve learned a thing or two, you have a mild case of DIY fever, and...
Day 18: Find New Uses for Old Things
This is the eighteenth day of our 31 Days of Living Well & Spending Zero challenge. Start with Day One here. * * * My goodness—can you believe we are already at Day 18? This week has been all about creatively using the things and resources we already have....