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Tortoise

Rice and Bean Diet Challenge Goal
From Oct 25 to Dec 31, 2010
Build YNAB Buffer of $2,200us
Progress $0us

Second Income Challenge Goals
By working a minimum of 20 hours a week I will build on online income equal to my day job which is $2,200 a month net. I will will use YNAB (You Need A Budget) to

1) Emergency fund of $6,600
2) Relocation Fund $6,600
3) Snowball payment on 1 cc

When these things are accomplished I will quit my job and move cross country. Once established there my financial priority will be pay off all debt.

Debt
Credit Card 1 $1,559
Credit Card 2 $1,739
Credit Card 3 $3,860
Bike Loan $6,210
TOTAL $13,368

Emergency Fund Project
Build $1,000 Emergency Fund
Sell "my stuff" on Ebay that I haven't used in the last 18 months. Low priority and no deadline.
Progress $0

About Me

I chose the name name Tortoise to remind me that direction is more important than speed. I want to live by the compass not the clock. But for the last several years I have been doing neither.

I am 48 year old wayward Rainbow Phamily hippie that has been living an accidental life. I have not been happy with my life and have set about intentionally creating a more meaningful one. I quickly realized that my disaster of a financial life must be put in order so that it can provide a foundation on which to build the lift that I want to live.

So I started this personal finance blog. The tools I will start off using are You Need A Budget (YNAB), Dave Ramsey's Rice and Beans Diet and Your Money or Your life (YMOYL). I am sure that I will also be influenced by Non Violent Communication (NVC), Voluntary Simplicity and wanting to be Vegan again.

Beans and Rice Challenge � Phase II

October 29th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

I made it through the first week of eating nothing but plain beans and rice!

I was expecting to have to eat extra meals during the day to keep from getting hungry. To my surprise three bowls of beans and rice kept me going all day.

One lunch time I looked at the cold beans and rice, then through them away. I figured I could skip a one meal. I got really hungry and the drive thrus were calling to me. I resisted the call.

I have been eating plain beans and rice long enough to appreciate any additions to them.

Now I am going to start adding some seasonings. The first pot will be Indian Kitchiri (mung beans and rice) and the pot after that will be Korean black beans. Yum! Later I will experiment with different Thai Curries.

After awhile I will start adding the prepackaged organic vegan food I have on hand to the meals.

I have been doing very little spending. Starting October 1st I will start keeping a record of it and posting it here.

I have also decided to start spending 20 hours a week building a second income.

I enjoy reading other blogs and the comments people leave for me. I think daily blogging would support my efforts. Unfortunately I have found that I do not have the time.

A 52.5 hour day job work week and now another 20 hours of additional work on the side doesn't leave much time. So I will be posting mostly only the weekends.

While working out of town I smelled exotic spices. I followed my nose and found a store with a sign that read �Patel - Our Culture, Our Food�. I figured I would check out all the food I couldn't eat.

It turned out to be a large Indian grocery store. I bought $27.67 in beans. That's 24 lbs of beans. I would have never guessed what the store was without the aroma.

Posted in Food / Groceries, Saving Money, Shopping | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Beans and Rice Challenge � Phase II”

Tightwad Kitty Says:
October 30th, 2010 at 12:00 am 1288396812
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I am glad you survived the first week, do check out my blog as I have been running a series on Beans and Rice Challenge
Here�s the links to my posts so far.

Text is Bean & Rice Recipes Links and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/24/bean-rice-recipes-links-_62932/
Bean & Rice Recipes Links

Text is More on Beans and Rice Challenge and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/28/more-on-beans-and-rice-challenge_63016/
More on Beans and Rice Challenge

Text is Complete Protein Myth and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/29/complete-protein-myth_63037/
Complete Protein Myth
The next blog will be the final one with more recipes links and you will find some recipes in My Page section on the left.
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
October 30th, 2010 at 01:40 pm 1288446000
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Cool! I'm curious to read what further ways you will cook these over the coming months.

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