No spending?

[I AM CONTENT]

Have any of you done a no spend day, week month or even year?

 

[jacknife]

I try but my landlord is rathering insistent.

 

[sandman]

I pretty much get by on my good looks

 

[IceJad]

Didn't end up well, taking stuff and not paying is apparently frown upon. Got a free night's lodging curtesy of the city's finest.

 

[Astrid]

The secret is, have enough money that people
give you things for free.

Try it!

 

[bèlla]

I haven’t but it’s common in debt reduction groups. Especially Dave Ramsey’s. They eat a lot of beans though. That might be overkill for some.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

It might be practical for a few days at most, but not doable beyond that.

 

[Tone]

Have any of you did a no spend day, week month or even year?

Spend...what?

I've gone with zero money for lengthy periods of time.

 

[Sketcher]

Please define what a "no spend day" is. Does running utilities count?

 

[I AM CONTENT]

I mean all nonessentials.

 

[d taylor]

I can go a day, two or three, may be even a week if i made that a focus to do that.

 

[Neogaia777]

I think I know what you mean... You maybe mean some people who have this problem might be good or a lot better off if they made some no spending days maybe, if anything, just to get them thinking more about their own spending maybe, or what's essential and non-essential to them, or a the difference between a necessary need and a want maybe, etc...

And I think I agree that something like that might help them maybe, or be a step in the right direction maybe, etc...

God Bless!

 

[Servus]

These days I rarely spend money on things that aren't necessities.

 

[timewerx]

When I was a kid, I went for bus rides without paying fare, sometime I had to jump off the moving bus!

I also ate the wild plants growing around for meals, not realizing some are poisonous!

 

[Servus]

When I was a boy my mom would send me to the corner store with one dollar, and I'd come back with a loaf of bread, a can of spam, a hunk of cheese, a box of cereal, a carton of milk and five candy bars.

You can't do that now.

Too many security cameras.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I have a spending problem but have gone days without buying stuff.

 

[HisGraceAbounds]

I try.

Some days, I can go through the entire day without reaching for my debit card. Two, three days in a row even. Eventually though, I buy something out of necessity or emotion.

 

[Sketcher]

I mean all nonessentials.

Well, in that case, it's every day I don't shop. Which is most days of the week. And most of the time when I do shop, I only buy groceries and other necessities.

 

[Sif]

Have any of you done a no spend day, week month or even year?

I frequently will have several days or even a week where I spend no money. Once bills are paid and essentials are bought I try to spend no additional money. When I started it was not always easy, now I finding pretty easy to do.

I have managed to pay my debts. I have no credit card debt, no student loan debt, no car payment and no house payment. I only have the standard bills such as insurance, utilities, food, etc. This is helping me prepare to eventually move "off grid".

 

[Niels]

I typically go for several days between spending on non-essentials. Although I'm frugal, I also have hobbies. Most of these hobbies are relatively inexpensive, or involve equipment that I can sell if necessary. For a profit, in some cases. Grocery shopping is monthly, and I rarely eat out. The only debt I have is what's left of my mortgage. While I could pay off the mortgage by tapping into savings and retirement accounts, that wouldn't be ideal in the long run.