It is Week Two of 2020: The Clarity Project, a yearlong effort to get organized and simplified with your money.
You can read more about The Clarity Project in this overview post here.
This week, I’ve been busy with:
*a lot of writing, including some freelance work;
*a fair amount of trying new recipes (these quinoa-spinach patties were not bad, but I probably won’t make them again);
*a modest attempt to do some January cleaning/decluttering along with two IG favorites, Stephanie Weinert and Kathryn Whitaker who host a two-week long Organized Simplicity challenge. And seeing new posts often from this mom-of-many, Lindsay Boever, organizes her house (and deeply cherishes her children) is inspiring. I’ve read her blog for years but seeing her more active on IG is a lovely breath of fresh air.
*missing the Young House Love Has a Podcast, on break until February, I think? But I have been filling in with many others in my feed, including Dolly Parton’s America.
*on Sunday evening, literally yelling at the television when my middle daughter and I watched the first episodes of the adaptation of Jane Austen’s last, and unfinished novel, Sanditon. It was beyond terrible. The next night, we had to re-watch some of the wonderful 2016 adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s Doctor Thorne to clear our minds.
But I digress–back to The Clarity Project!
I intend for these (mostly weekly) e-mails to be quick to read, easy to understand, and simple to implement.
Simple, but not necessarily easy.
The word for January is SAVE.
This Week’s SAVE Challenge: Check your retirement savings and your contribution rate. Bonus: increase your contribution by one percent (or more!).
The challenge will have a blog post with resources and more about the topic.
Each challenge will follow the 5W1H format–who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Here is my weekly reminder to you: you may be way ahead of a particular challenge, or way behind. It is okay either way.
But you can take some kind of action on the challenge, even if that is just learning about the topic. Studies show that people often have to hear about something seven times before it “sticks.”
You can reply to this e-mail with any questions, suggestions, or anything else. I love to hear from you!
Remember, you’re doing well with your money, and you can do better.
All the best,
Nancy
Your Money Mom
