Gaming the System.
Just thinking about how my various 'issues' are accidentally working together for my betterment in odd ways.
Problems with dairy, gluten and other foods => Waaay less eating out at restaurants than I used to.
-5 Social Life
+5 Budgeting
Realizing the Paleo diet was hurting me in some ways => Can have rice and corn chips again, which are (sadly?) both cheaper than meat and veggies.
+5 Spoons (Health/Energy)
+10 Budgeting
Too tired to cook ALL THE THINGS from scratch => Buy easier to cook Chrys-friendly noms, less expensive overall.
+5 Spoons
+5 Budgeting
Keeping a food journal (compulsive habit?) => Figure out what foods help/hurt me, and how much I *don't* need to buy.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Spoons
Too tired to go out shopping for 'fun' => Actually sticking to my 'extras' budget.
+5 Budgeting
Throw out old makeup because gluten => Replace with fewer gf products.
-5 Budgeting
+5 Discardia
+5 Spoons
Too tired for RPG stuff => Avoid all the drama.
-10 Social Life
+100 Sanity
Too tired to be on improv teams/classes => Avoid some (oddly less) drama, avoid tons more credit card debt.
+20 Budgeting
-5 Social Life
+10 Sanity
Too tired to keep up with full jewelry side-business => Spend less $$ on vending and materials, can work when I want at my own pace without deadlines.
+10 Budgeting
+10 Sanity
Become obsessed with sewing => Costumes less expensive (tho not free) and fit better.
-5 Budgeting
-5 Sanity
+10 Geekiness
Sewing makes me nutz and extra tired => Sew in 1 hour limits, make fewer mistakes and no burn out.
+5 Time Management
+5 Sanity
Allergic to perfumes for 1/3 of the year => Buy less BPAL.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Spoons
Own too many 'normal day' clothes => Won't have to buy/make new clothes for a very long time.
-5 Discardian
+5 Budgeting
Can't deal with more stuff in my tiny home => Buying less stuff.
+10 Discardian
+5 Budgeting
Tiny home => Costs less $$ per month than previous home.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Discardian
Too allergic to have pets :-( => Much less cleaning/shopping to do.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Time Management
+10 Sanity
+10 Spoons
Very little social life => Can go to bed the same time every night without paying for cabs.
-10 Social Life
+10 Spoons
+5 Budgeting
Replace most of social life with Netflix => Catch up on all the SF shows I haven't seen.
-5 Social Life
+20 Geekiness
Too tired to deal with 'romantic' relations => Embrace Spinsterhood, so much less BS to put up with overall.
-5 Social Life
+5 Budgeting
+5 Geekiness
+10 Spoons
+10 Sanity
Realized I might end up too sick/tired to work earlier than my peers => Open retirement account.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Future Planning
So one gigantic theme: what's awful for my social life seems to be awesome for my budget. "Keeping up with the Joneses" really is awful, even outside of the suburbs. When I'm feeling better in the autumn, need to devise less expensive (and less glutinous) methods of hanging out with friends.
And its still ironic that trying the Paleo diet decreased my restaurant spending to almost nothing, but made my grocery bills skyrocket out of proportion to the restaurant spending.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, http://chrysilla.dreamwidth.org/
Problems with dairy, gluten and other foods => Waaay less eating out at restaurants than I used to.
-5 Social Life
+5 Budgeting
Realizing the Paleo diet was hurting me in some ways => Can have rice and corn chips again, which are (sadly?) both cheaper than meat and veggies.
+5 Spoons (Health/Energy)
+10 Budgeting
Too tired to cook ALL THE THINGS from scratch => Buy easier to cook Chrys-friendly noms, less expensive overall.
+5 Spoons
+5 Budgeting
Keeping a food journal (compulsive habit?) => Figure out what foods help/hurt me, and how much I *don't* need to buy.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Spoons
Too tired to go out shopping for 'fun' => Actually sticking to my 'extras' budget.
+5 Budgeting
Throw out old makeup because gluten => Replace with fewer gf products.
-5 Budgeting
+5 Discardia
+5 Spoons
Too tired for RPG stuff => Avoid all the drama.
-10 Social Life
+100 Sanity
Too tired to be on improv teams/classes => Avoid some (oddly less) drama, avoid tons more credit card debt.
+20 Budgeting
-5 Social Life
+10 Sanity
Too tired to keep up with full jewelry side-business => Spend less $$ on vending and materials, can work when I want at my own pace without deadlines.
+10 Budgeting
+10 Sanity
Become obsessed with sewing => Costumes less expensive (tho not free) and fit better.
-5 Budgeting
-5 Sanity
+10 Geekiness
Sewing makes me nutz and extra tired => Sew in 1 hour limits, make fewer mistakes and no burn out.
+5 Time Management
+5 Sanity
Allergic to perfumes for 1/3 of the year => Buy less BPAL.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Spoons
Own too many 'normal day' clothes => Won't have to buy/make new clothes for a very long time.
-5 Discardian
+5 Budgeting
Can't deal with more stuff in my tiny home => Buying less stuff.
+10 Discardian
+5 Budgeting
Tiny home => Costs less $$ per month than previous home.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Discardian
Too allergic to have pets :-( => Much less cleaning/shopping to do.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Time Management
+10 Sanity
+10 Spoons
Very little social life => Can go to bed the same time every night without paying for cabs.
-10 Social Life
+10 Spoons
+5 Budgeting
Replace most of social life with Netflix => Catch up on all the SF shows I haven't seen.
-5 Social Life
+20 Geekiness
Too tired to deal with 'romantic' relations => Embrace Spinsterhood, so much less BS to put up with overall.
-5 Social Life
+5 Budgeting
+5 Geekiness
+10 Spoons
+10 Sanity
Realized I might end up too sick/tired to work earlier than my peers => Open retirement account.
+5 Budgeting
+5 Future Planning
So one gigantic theme: what's awful for my social life seems to be awesome for my budget. "Keeping up with the Joneses" really is awful, even outside of the suburbs. When I'm feeling better in the autumn, need to devise less expensive (and less glutinous) methods of hanging out with friends.
And its still ironic that trying the Paleo diet decreased my restaurant spending to almost nothing, but made my grocery bills skyrocket out of proportion to the restaurant spending.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, http://chrysilla.dreamwidth.org/