Jellie wobbles toward a more simple, balanced life

The last few years have been really interesting and have brought lots of changes for me. Looking back I’ve realised that there has been a bit of a theme to the things I want to achieve.

• A more simple lifestyle
• A home free from clutter
• To learn to consume less
• To focus on fulfilling needs and to spend less on wants

On the Money Saving Expert forums I’ve found lots of help, support and wisdom as I worked on being debt free and am now working on whittling down the mortgage. However, as a Jellie my life is pretty wobbly and I quite often feel as if I’m going backwards!! The accountability of charting my progress really helps so I’m hoping that by blogging some of the ups and downs in my journey fellow bloggers will help to keep me on track!

It’s been a tough year and my old spending habits have crept back with too much being frittered away on non- essential items. I need to rebuild some basic habits that have fallen by the wayside

1. Keep a spending diary to help analyse spending habits
2. Back onto a crafting stash ban
3. Where possible to pause before purchasing anything to think about whether I really need to buy it and whether I’m buying because of emotional reasons. If it is not something I need to wait a week before deciding whether to buy it.