I’m doing something different this summer, and I wanted to include you in my challenge. With rising costs in every aspect of life, I am feeling the urgency of saving money even more. This summer I am going to look for ways to spend less and save more. Here are some ideas (some are my own and some I have gleaned from others):

• See what I can sell and put that money in the bank.
• Conserve wherever possible: water, electricity, food, school supplies, gas, etc.
• Avoid new purchases: only buy what absolutely must be bought new.

And here are some strategies I plan to implement in order to stick with the ideas ☝🏻:

• Shop from my own house before rushing to buy something: I have a lot of extras that I’m not even aware I have. I’d like to practice being resourceful.
• If I don’t have it at home, then I want to wait and see if I can find it at a thrift store or garage sale. The waiting period may prove I don’t need the item.
• Reduce, reuse, recycle (of course!)
• Make a memory instead of making a purchase
• Set a monthly savings goal and celebrate when we reach it.

At the end of each month I’m going to write about how close I got to my goal and what I did that helped accomplish that. Hopefully this will become a habit and last all year. Do you want to join in on the savings fun? Share your ideas!