Happy New Year!!
I absolutely love the start of a New Year! The Christmas break for us is usually quiet and although we try and see friends and family (when covid allows), its usually just me on a night time and I love it!
Well, it’s something I’ve gotten use to anyway. I usually spend that time catching up on films and Netflix, doing jigsaws, reading, thinking about what the future holds and planning my next move. If you know me personally, you’ll know I’m ALWAYS planning. I can’t help it and do secretly love it 😊.
This last week I wrapped up 2021 and starting planning 2022.
I have set my goals for 2022 and made them SMART. If you need some help in settings goals, I have a post that may help you – Setting goals.
I’ve have also set my monthly goals for January, which are;
- No spend month in January
- No alcohol for January
- Read/finish reading one book
- Post six blog posts
- Post first YouTube Video
I have not set a goal for paying off debt this month only because I am going from weekly pay to monthly pay so don’t want to over pay to much to debt and then leave myself short. I am also not 100 % what money I will get until I have my first pay check either.
I spent a little time over the Christmas break looking at reducing my outgoings and cancelling any subscriptions we don’t use anymore. This week so far I have cancelled;
- Amazon prime subscription £7.99
- Swimming lessons £25.00
- Reduced Sky from £90 to £55 (this was by the removal of Disney plus, HD, Sky Cinema and Box Sets as my contract was up 1/1/2022)
I have saved £815.88 so far this year just by reviewing my subscriptions!
I urge everyone to do this at least every year and every time a contract comes to the end. You can save a fortune just by making a few phone calls and/or cancelling some payments.
I still want to look at broadband so that’s my plan for this next week.
Both the No Spend Month and No Alcohol Month are going GREAT with nothing spent or drank so far this year!! Go check out the trackers that you can download for free and join me!
What I Have Spent This Week
£12.26 Subway
£2.42 Food shopping
£30.01 Petrol
£35.00 Boots Hairdryer
Total £76.69
That’s a much better week compared to the weeks before Christmas. There’s nothing like the start of a New Year to get those motivation levels up!
And yes you’re reading right, my shopping bill was only £2.42 this week because I received £40.00 food vouchers from school. I will do another post about this in more detail, just incase it helps anyone else. But until then, if you have any questions you’d like to ask me, please put a comment below and I’ll be happy to answer them.
I replaced the hairdryer that blew up just before Christmas. I was going to use my points I’d earnt at Boots and a voucher and annoyingly I completely forgot to use them. I didn’t have the face to go back in and return it to buy it again as the voucher was only for £5. I was kicking myself though, £5.00 is £5.00 at the end of the day. The hairdryer was the cheapest in the shop but the diffuser looked as good as all the other ones, even those priced at over £100 and when I tried it out, it didn’t disappoint!
I also had Boxing-day off at my courier job but was back to it on 2 January 2021 with a nice and easy 80 parcels.
80 parcels = £80 (gross)
I’ve had some lovely messages on Instagram from people who have started to deliver for Hermes off the back off my Instagram posts and reading my post about ‘A New Side Hustle – Being A Courier’.
I only work on a Sunday but it’s something I really enjoy. I love the fact I can take my daughter with me so I don’t have to worry about sorting childcare. I download her a film, take some snacks and a colouring book and she is happy as she could be for the couple of hours I deliver for. And I use all the money I earn from this job towards my debt.
Being a courier is just a perfect job for any parents, especially single parents that may have childcare issues outside of school hours.
Let me know what your goals are for this year.
Have a great week!
TMWM 