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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. In 2022, I wanted to do a major purge of our home , and that lasted until about January 15 of 2022 when I reorganized our kitchen cabinets. By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending.

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Frugal February

Family Balance Sheet

One month down for 2019. We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. Use up all of those odd ingredients.

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