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My name is Rowynn and I am someone who wants to do more with only a little.
What I mean by that is that I want to be less wasteful with money and resources, and I want to find more ways to enjoy life without having to spend money. It sounds simple enough in theory, but for me it's much different when you're actually trying to make that theory become a reality. Still, I have to try if I want this kind of change to happen, right?
My first goal is to start managing my finances more frugally. I'm still in a rough place with trying to pay my bills and all, and I voiced my concerns to one of my doctors today, who asked about my eating habits. I admitted to her that it's difficult to eat healthy when you can't afford to buy food, and she suggested that I look at local food banks to see if I could get food from there. I forgot that food banks were a thing, so now I'm looking at every food bank near me, and there's actually a lot of them. If I plan things out correctly, I could probably be swimming in healthy foods for the month, specifically because this includes local churches distributing food as "food banks" too. This would also be a no-cost way for me to start learning how to cook food on my own instead of buying processed foods all the time. I could do meal prepping and finally get to a place where I'm eating like I'm supposed to instead of risking malnutrition.
And then there are the no-spending activities I could be doing. A lot of it consists of using what I already have, so using my yarn to crochet, coloring in Dollar Store coloring books, or playing on my 3DS. And if I want any other ideas, I have a book dedicated to a list of no-spend activity ideas that I could do when I have free time. And I'm also hustling to try and find a potential second job or increase my shifts at this current job I have. I'm even willing to work double shifts if needed to get four or five shifts of work a week. At the end of the day, I'm just trying to have enough to save so I can live comfortably without worry. Not spending would also be great for my bipolar symptoms, since reckless spending is unfortunately something I struggle with during my hypomanic episodes.
At the end of the day, I just want to be able to be a more effective adult, you know?
My first goal is to start managing my finances more frugally. I'm still in a rough place with trying to pay my bills and all, and I voiced my concerns to one of my doctors today, who asked about my eating habits. I admitted to her that it's difficult to eat healthy when you can't afford to buy food, and she suggested that I look at local food banks to see if I could get food from there. I forgot that food banks were a thing, so now I'm looking at every food bank near me, and there's actually a lot of them. If I plan things out correctly, I could probably be swimming in healthy foods for the month, specifically because this includes local churches distributing food as "food banks" too. This would also be a no-cost way for me to start learning how to cook food on my own instead of buying processed foods all the time. I could do meal prepping and finally get to a place where I'm eating like I'm supposed to instead of risking malnutrition.
And then there are the no-spending activities I could be doing. A lot of it consists of using what I already have, so using my yarn to crochet, coloring in Dollar Store coloring books, or playing on my 3DS. And if I want any other ideas, I have a book dedicated to a list of no-spend activity ideas that I could do when I have free time. And I'm also hustling to try and find a potential second job or increase my shifts at this current job I have. I'm even willing to work double shifts if needed to get four or five shifts of work a week. At the end of the day, I'm just trying to have enough to save so I can live comfortably without worry. Not spending would also be great for my bipolar symptoms, since reckless spending is unfortunately something I struggle with during my hypomanic episodes.
At the end of the day, I just want to be able to be a more effective adult, you know?
