How To Stay Focused On Your Debt-Free Journey
Week 19- Week 26
I know I have gotten a little behind in doing my week by week posts for my #52weeksnailmailchallenge. Even though I have not been posting weekly for a few weeks I have been sending out my weekly cards to family and friends.
June is a very special month for my husband and I. We are celebrating 30 years of marriage and I wanted this to be an extra special and memorable occasion. So, we are giving gifts to each other for 30 days. At the same time, we are spending more time together working on our debt-free journey.
We held our first garage sale in May and had a few people show up and sold a few items. Yay! I also have been posting in Facebook groups on a weekly basis and have sold even more things to folks in several counties. WooHoo! It really feels good to be getting rid of things we don't use and having them go to families that will use them.
I am seeing the floor again in my garage storage area along with opening up space along the wall of the garage where bigger items were before.
The fact that people are keeping their word and actually showing up at the time they say is truly refreshing and it is encouraging me to keep going on this debt-free journey.
So, here's how we stay focused on our debt-free journey.
First, I use my Living Well Spending Less planner and write down the main 3 goals for the year, the month, the week and the day. This year was pretty simple. There are 3 main goals that I write down each month.
1. Selling off unused items around the house
2. Working on my Etsy business and blog posts (MarketsofSunshine and PioneerFundraiser)
3. Mailing my cards and letters each week
#52weeksnailmailchallenge
Second, we discuss our progress each night along with what we are grateful for that day. This helps us stay focused and keeps us positive. At the end of the day we can see our hard work paying off with good results.
I have to admit it took some doing to get my husband on board with this whole new way of doing things. He is not a goal setter or planner keeping kind of man. But, he has slowly seen the light over time. Now, when he hears the ka-ching on my phone from my Etsy shop getting another sale he gets just as happy as I do.
When I tell him someone is coming to pick up xyz item that sold on Facebook he does a happy dance right along with me.
The hardest thing has been to have him let go of his possessions like his bike of 30 plus years. His tools and equipment that he might need for a future job etc...
Third, I say a prayer for what I am grateful for at the end of each day. Having faith that you are not doing things on your own power but on that of God's, is why I know we will be successful and reach each and every goal that we write down.
As you can see it does not have to be complicated to start a debt-free journey. You just have to be committed and communicate with your partner every day.
I am starting fresh with my newsletter starting in July 2018. It will have four main themes each month as follows:
- Gluten free recipes
- How To's
- Customer Reviews, Sales and Product Launches
- PDF Worksheet for budgeting and organizing
Sending You Sunshine,
Marsha J.
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