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No Spend Challenge of 2021

This year, I’m taking on the challenge of buying nothing new—for a whole year. My goal is to lower items brought into the house, cut down on waste, and save money. As intimidating as it is, I am so excited to do this. I’ve written out a breakdown of my goal as well as what exceptions will be allowed. I’ll be giving updates throughout the year, so come join me on this journey! 

What’s Allowed:

  • Food/Necessities 
  • Medication
  • Business supplies
  • Gift purchases
  • Digital items
  • Plants and garden supplies
  • Craft supplies needed to finish the crafts I’ve already started 
  • Kids’ clothes/learning and craft supplies
  • Pet grooming/needs
  • Planned house repair
  • Digital streaming (Audible/Netflix/etc)
  • Replacement of things that have been used up or broken
  • Used items if it’s an absolute must and doesn’t fit any of these categories 

Absolute NOs:

  • New internet courses
  • Physical books
  • Spur of the moment purchases
  • Wants

On top of this, I want to cut down drastically on our food bill and food waste. My goal is to grow and consume 40% of what we eat. Since this is my first year doing this, I’m going to go easy and consider each ingredient an item to plug into a spreadsheet. It’s not completely accurate since I’m not figuring out weight and amount of each ingredient used, but I thought this would be a good starting point. Will this be possible to do living in a townhome with limited space? I’m going to find out! 

Spreadsheet to track all the homemade goodies we eat! Goal is to grow 40% of what we eat!

If you are interested in doing something like this, feel free to make a copy of my spreadsheet HERE. 

Rough of my no spend plan

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  1. Avatar for ApronWarriorJulie says

    January 1, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    Awesome goal! I’ll take a look at the spread sheet and make adjustments.

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    • Avatar for ApronWarriorApronWarrior says

      January 8, 2021 at 2:15 pm

      Yay! Have fun with it!

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Avatar for ApronWarriorI’m Carolann and I’m obsessed with food. Seriously, I live and sleep thinking about food. I’m on a mission to create doable, real food recipes
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