Mindfully Spent is about managing finances, time, and more in pursuit of meaning. It chronicles my journey to use money and moments for things I truly love.
Save money. Pay off debt. Simplify. Do the unimaginable big things that you want with your life. Look back on your dollars and days and find they were Mindfully Spent.
All in Money
Guest Contributor Markus Almond (Brooklyn, NY) shakes us awake in the first post of Mindfully Spent's Series "Doing the (Seemingly) Impossible"; reminding us that "Making life count is a choice."
"There is no such thing as normal month," says You Need a Budget (the blog). And they are right. Normal pay periods are also few and far between, so it shouldn't have been a surprise when several less common expenses stacked up to have a real impact on my extra cash. Despite this, I still found six major wins for week ten.
Homemade things imbue our home with meaning and care (and save us some pennies too!). From ornaments, to gifts, to package wrapping, to decor, we have ideas for you!
While Mindfully Spent usually focuses on minimizing purchases, most of us do spend a few dollars here and there for non-essential items, especially during the holidays. When we do, we can choose to support businesses that inspire us and add value to back to the community. This article highlights one business that does just that. #SmallBusinessSaturday
We can DIY gifts or forego them altogether, but sometimes we want to show our love the traditional way: with a meaningful gift, selected with love. In this post, I share four ways that I've funded gift shopping without spending a cent (and one additional tip for saving money on gifts that do cost cash).
If past weeks were about adopting new spending habits, then this pay period was for becoming the champion of my hard-earned dollars.
Save money by investing a little time in gifts for the people who fill your life with joy. DIY gifts are easy for some lucky folks (carpenters, quilters, brewers, bakers, knitters). The rest of could use a little help now and then. This post provides gift ideas for everyone on your list.
A frenzy of parties and presents, feasts and fun… During the holiday season, it can be difficult to stay focused on our priorities: to spend wisely, find quality time with loved ones, or continue to exercise and eat healthy. At Mindfully Spent, we're focused on filling the holidays with meaning.
Some say it takes 21 days to form new habits, but it wasn't until week six that I finally seemed to have hit my stride. I eliminated a record amount of non-essential spending, paid off a credit card, and found $365 in additional savings to boot!
Italian fashion designer Miuccia Prada once said, "What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language." We explore how to maintain your wardrobe without breaking your budget.
How we restocked our closets, eliminated clutter, and donated to charity without spending a dime.
Quality time with friends, family, and loves is important. Invest in your relationships without spending a dime with these totally free date ideas. Whether you are ridiculous or serious, an author or an outdoorsman, this list has something for you!
I have paid an extra $400.26 toward our debt in just 4 weeks! In this post, I discuss how this success was mostly due to radical changes of the tiniest kind, wins that have nothing to do with money, and how I found I will be able to redirect over $6,000 to debt repayment in the year to come.
Imagine a world where we don't have to buy a gosh darn thing because our neighbor has exactly what we need sitting in his house collecting dust, and he's happy to lend it or even just outright give it to us. This world already exists, and you can be a member.
Deciding how my life would look if I spent my money on what mattered created a huge and immediate change. Instead of berating myself for being off track, I was asking myself "What do you really want? Let's do that."
Once we’ve identified what is essential for a fulfilling life, we can choose to use our money as a tool to get us there instead of it being a source of shame.
Understanding your habits can empower you to take action. Learn how to reveal bad spending habits & their sometimes surprising causes. Plus, tools for managing major productivity killers in order to make more time for the things we love.
The way we live should reflect our deepest held beliefs about who we are and what is important to us. Why I recommitted to spending my money and moments on the things that were truly meaningful.
