...literally.
Supplementing income, what does it mean to you?
In these economic times if you are working a normal nine-to-five and still making ends meet (comfortably) then we need to meet up for a drink...ahem, your treat.
When off-ramp "earning", pharmaceutical testing or plasma selling are your aforementioned concept you begin to really question what your needs are as opposed to your wants. On my not so recent "path of self discovery" I have found one label I am donning...I, Robyn Smith, is a needy wanter. I can justify a want with a need for just about anything.
"Oh my gosh, these leopard print faux fur elbow warmers are magnificent! AND on sale? My elbows will never be cold again...and they go with everything! I have been dealing with some chilly olecranon processes..."
While sitting there debating on leopard print or camouflage I am actually a reasonable, and most often times frugal, person in the back of my mind. I try exceptionally hard to stay in a budget, buy within my financial medians and not max out my bank account. But every month, here I sit, worrying about money. How am I going to get groceries this month? I just bought sandals for you last summer! My daycare co-pay this quarter is how much?!
I am thinking of detouring from my current path on onto something a little more rigid and defined. Saying, "No," to the wants and really considering the needs. Not saying the occasional splurge wont take place, but there are tons of ways to save (and possibly earn) money and I am not taking advantage of any of them.
The journey to frugality begins!
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