1st
January 2018
We don’t buy things
with money – we buy them with hours from our lives.
How powerful is that
sentence above, it’s really given me something to think about and confirmed the
thoughts and choices I’ve made over the last few months. It’s given me a goal for January I think, we’ll
come back to that in a minute.
January 1st
then, yesterday was possibly the longest day ever, I thought it was just me
because I’d woke up at silly o’clock yesterday but turned out mom agreed so we
were both in bed before 8, of course we were both woke up just before midnight
by Alfie and the fireworks so we lay on moms bed together and saw in the new
year, then went back to bed. I was sung
to sleep by the neighbours in their garden enjoying their annual party and then
Alfie woke me again at 4am to go up the garden.
Back to work
tomorrow so things to get ready today, back to normality now, life as I know
it, life as I like it, getting that balance between work and rest is so
important for me, I forgot that for a while back in 2017, I don’t intend to
make that mistake again. Those words “We
don’t buy things with money – we buy them with hours from our lives.” Really have
given me food for thought, I usually go a little crazy in the January sales and
buy stuff, but this time I’ve asked myself a few questions beforehand, 1) Would
I really buy this if it wasn’t on sale? 2) Do I really need it, want it or is
it just adding to the ‘stuff’ I already have?
I’ve reminded myself I’ve spent a huge chunk of 2017 getting rid of
stuff, decluttering my house, because I’m not the best tidier in the world, I’m
untidy by nature and the less stuff in my house, the easier it is to keep
clean.
The less I buy, the
less I need to earn – I’m particularly going to start reminding myself of those
with food. I’ve almost got my house
exactly as I want it, so not much more money to spend there for a while. I haven’t got my body exactly as I want it,
there’s a bit too much of it. Don’t get
me wrong, I still love every inch of it, I just know I would feel better with
less, healthier, more energy, less pain.
What will help me lose some of it – easy eating a little more frugally,
that’s going to save me money too of course.
I started my journal
Saturday, it most certainly wasn't the best first day, yesterday was even
worse, I see this week as me just getting some normality back in my world, I'm
in no rush, there's 10 weeks in that journal, which will take me to March,
those are the worst weeks of the year for me.
I am planning a good day today though and I’m going to look at this
being a bit more frugal this month, having a week of in December means my pay
packet this month will be light, plus all the usual outgoings of Christmas, so
how to save money this month because I want to start saving those life hours.
Planning – that saves
money straight away, I shall do that today, go through the fridge, freezer and
cupboards make a list of what I have and come up with some meal ideas, that’s
this afternoon’s task. My sister pointed
out, I cook for too many people when I cook and she’s correct I do, so that’s
something else I need to address – there’s only two of us! Don’t waste food, I know the carrots in my
kitchen are on the turn so they need using today, straight away I thought soup,
but the truth is I’m not a massive soup fan, what about
Or
My Weight Watchers
monthly pass has run out and I can’t renew it till tomorrow when the office is
open so I’m going to have to use my books to point anything up I cook, old
school pen and paper.
Actually I think I’m
going to make a casserole, I remember now I’ve taken some turkey breast mince
from the freezer, which with carrots, onions and potato will make a good
filling meal.
The other great
thing about getting frugal is the Flex Zero food list is full of ingredients
that will save money and fill you up, things like the plant based proteins
(chick peas, lentils, kidney beans, butter beans etc) they’re all really
reasonable and go a long way, I might add lentils to my turkey pie.
If you’ve got any
cheap meal ideas, let me know, I’m sure we can all do with saving some money in
2018, heck if we save the money, you can spend it on making those hours in your
life enjoyable.
Have you got lots of
leftover cheese like me? Did you know it
all freezes beautifully, that’s what I’m going to do with mine I think, wrap it
up first of course. I’ve often used up
leftover Christmas cheese in a vegetable crumble, no recipe for me just a tray
of veggies in the oven topped with cheese.
The veggies are zero so you can afford to spend some points on cheese.
I’ve just found this
recipe for turkey breast mince (or chicken mince)
Zero Slow
Cook Chilli Recipe
Serves: 4
- 400g turkey or chicken breast mince
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 tin of tomatoes
- 1 tin red kidney beans
- 1 small tin sweetcorn
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1tsp paprika
- 1tsp chilli powder
- 1tsp cumin
- Fry the turkey in a pan until it's browned then add to the slow cooker.
- In the pan, fry the onion, garlic and pepper to soften and pop them in to the slow cooker.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well.
- Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
- Enjoy!
Anyway, I’m going to
get my act together, ready for work first, then some time getting my week ready
for healthy eating and money saving.
Happy New Year to
you and yours BeYOUtiful, let’s make 2018……
You can finish that
sentence.
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