June is over – where did it go? It just seems to have flown by. At the beginning of the month I set some goals to make progress on our debt payment. How did I do?
- Photograph and post the rest of the items on Kijiji – hopefully raise another $200+. FAIL. Complete failure here, didn’t even take pictures.
- Post the rental advertisement. SUCCESS!! I posted it. I don’t have a renter yet, but I did post the ad.
- Cancel two recurring payments to dedicate more $$ to debt repayment. 50% done. I cancelled one. I need Bruce to cancel the other one.
- Do a full budget review with Bruce. SUCCESS! We did this on July 3, but since I’m posting this on the 5th, I’m still considering it done.
- Contact CMA about marking/grading work. SUCCESS. I applied for a marking position. I have not had a response back, so I don’t know if I’m in yet or not.
I actually did better than I thought in June. I’m disappointed I didn’t manage to get those last few items listed on Kijiji, but I took another path instead, advertising to do babysitting and pet sitting. Which means the two dog kennels I had planned to sell I may wind up needing after all. I still need to try to sell some stuff though – we have a bed frame, two or three extra bikes, and assorted other stuff we no longer need.
July goals:
- Cancel the second recurring payment.
- Make $200 in side income – from any type of hustle!
- Talk to University about their off-campus housing directory (for our room to rent).
- Start studying for my Nutrition Certification (the books arrived yesterday).
- Try to keep our trip to Wisconsin to about $1,500 including hotels, gas and food for 5 people. (We have this amount available without incurring more debt).
That’s it for now. I’ve got a lot of other stuff going on right now, but most of it is not debt related, and these goals are specifically debt related.
You did great on your goals! Good luck in July.
Thank you! I did more than I thought, so I was happy.
Congrats on all of the successes! Here’s to hoping for an even better July.
I hope so. I have a lot on the go, I have to remember I can’t do everything all at once! Patience is not my strong suit.
i love the goal to maintain some side “hustle” income.. we were doing great on this for a while, but have fallen off.. getting extra income is really the best way to get ahead of your debt repayment goals.
I really, really want to kill off some serious debt this year, and bringing in some extra $$ seems to be the most effective way. Even setting small goals of a couple hundred a month is helpful.
You did great! Good luck in July!
Thank you!
The most important thing is to look for an opportunity and keep on trying. Success will inevitably follow you.
You are doing great as you are.
We are making progress, slowly, but progress.
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Where are you going in Wisconsin?
We’re headed for Racine to do the Ironman 70.3 race on Sunday!