Hello Monday. Well the downs I had yesterday are basically
gone and it is things like that remind me that worrying and being concerned for
things I cannot fix right then will only cause me unneeded stress. So now onto the next worry I do have a little
control over….meals and food budget. I
have debt. A LOT of debt. So it is really important to keep our spending
down to minimum (which we are really bad at) but working on.
One of things that I
have started doing is couponing. I am by
no means an extreme couponer but I do try to use coupons whenever
possible. I have my mother send me
coupons, I get them from the paper and I print them from couponing sites like
couponmom.com. I also try to only
purchase things that are on sale that is automatically discounted with my store’s
member card. I can generally save at
least $40 per week with this method and only about 1 to 1.5 hours a week to
look at deals and match up my coupons.
With couponing, I also try to do a little meal planning
since I am finding my nights more filled with AA meetings, laundromat visits
and, hopefully getting back on the workout train. So having things semi prepared for dinner or
at least having an idea of what needs to be takes away some of the unneeded
stress of evenings. I like to keep it
simple. Like this week, we are having
simple shrimp scampi with noodles, hamburger and rice skillet, chicken stir-fry
and a simple hot dog night in case we (mostly I) don’t feel like rushing and
cooking.
Simplify is my current theme to my sobriety trail. When things get overwhelming, I find myself
wishing there was something to take the edge off. Anything at all and that is when I find
myself in danger. So simple steps to
keep me in check like simple money saving, easy nights at home and the freedom
to not have to stress really helps me stay sober. Is there something you do that keeps you sober? I would love to know your go to stress free tips!
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