Already this month, I feel the pull of how I used to be. Spending money relieves my stress. Seeing money in my checking account seems to be a trigger for me to spend. I still get caught up in using my money for instant gratification rather than the future. It's obviously a deep problem, and not just with me.
My biggest spending seems to be on food, which doesn't surprise me. Although I enjoy cooking, I'm not good at meal planning and I also default to take-out food after a long day at work. It takes a lot of energy and preparation to have meals ready to go each day. I'm not sure if it's just because I'm single, so I feel like I have more freedom. That would make sense, but it's not great for me in the long run.
While starting to pull my monthly budgets for comparison, I can see that I made really drastic cuts in February, and then some old habits crept back up in March, and now this first week of April. Just because I'm more aware, it doesn't mean that the mental changes I need to make are easy.
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