Oh gosh, I have so much to say about this! It will eventually be its own full newsletter, especially re: the emotional side of money during times of grief/depression.
The tldr for now is: my first two months of low-spend (Jan & Feb) were great. I planned really well for that experiment and got the results I was hoping for while still learning a bunch. Then my mom died and I needed to quickly increase some spending due to extremely low capacity, and THEN the attacks on Iran and the resulting Hormuz closure happened and that has totally changed the way I've been spending in the months since (more on this in today's newsletter, actually!)
Oh gosh, I have so much to say about this! It will eventually be its own full newsletter, especially re: the emotional side of money during times of grief/depression.
The tldr for now is: my first two months of low-spend (Jan & Feb) were great. I planned really well for that experiment and got the results I was hoping for while still learning a bunch. Then my mom died and I needed to quickly increase some spending due to extremely low capacity, and THEN the attacks on Iran and the resulting Hormuz closure happened and that has totally changed the way I've been spending in the months since (more on this in today's newsletter, actually!)