Last Sunday I experienced the longest three minutes of my life…twice (two tests). As the Ginger and I waited for a ‘yes’ or 'no’ to appear on the pregnancy test, a million thoughts ran through my mind. A big portion of those three minutes was wasted thinking about money rather than this amazing miracle that was happening!
We planned this pregnancy, just as we planned to start a spending freeze two months ago. But the freeze has not gone as planned, with more than one shopping trip to the Loft and several dinners out.
As the Ginger and I sat in anticipation, I thought of all the purchases I will need to make in the next nine months. I started adding up numbers in my head. Then I realized that even in this moment I was thinking about shopping. And that’s when I knew I have to stop talking about changing my spending habits and actually change them. The first step in this process is getting rid of debt: student loans, credit cards, and a car payment. When I am debt-free, money won’t be ever-present in my thoughts. So when the 'yes’ finally appeared, I fully recommitted myself to a spending freeze.
May 1, 2013 begins my total spend freeze, spending money on only essentials, rather than wants. I want to raise a child in a home where we don’t live paycheck to paycheck, and I don’t want to raise a child to be obsessed with material things.
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