Many people stress about money, my feeling is stress is the main contributor to an unhappy medium in life. So here are just a few ways I save a couple extra dollars.
Save all the pennies, quarters and pocket change from your pockets or purse at the end of the day. Put it in a jar and then don't take any out. Once your jar is full go to the bank and get coin roll papers and roll the coins, so you don't pay a machine to count it for you and lose a percentage of it. Cash them in at your local bank. You may be surprised how much pocket change accumulates over time.
Grocery shopping:
Groceries are so expensive especially if you want "healthy" choices. I take advantage of the local fruit and Vegetable stands, to save on all my fresh herbs, veggies, and fruits.I also use the local news paper ad's to get the best buy. Life is so busy and coupons are a huge time taker, so I use Safeway's Just for You app, online and on my android. That amazing asset saves me so much money and then it also saves me much more at the gas pump.
Gas Prices:
Gas prices cost so much, some days it seems to go up some days it seems to drop. A few ways I have found to save at the pump is fill up! When prices are low, or you have a discount, fill your tank all the way up. You never know what tomorrows price will be. I know for my car at least the top part of the tank seems to last a whole lot longer then the bottom half. I also use Safeway's rewards program, but if you don't shop at Safeway; Fred Myers aka Kroger, Costco, and even Walmart for some states provide saving at the pump. I got 80 cents a gallon off of gas!
On house hold items can sometimes be the hardest to find and save on, the ways I've found to make my dollar stretch is shopping at local thrift stores, like Value Village and Goodwill. You can find everything, from dishes, clothes, furniture, entertainment, electronics, and even gifts at Great prices! Stay tuned for a future blog about thrift stores and getting the most benefit out of shopping at one... One other store I know I save lots of money going to is Dollar Tree. They have holiday things, beauty and heath supplies. They even have some food! I buy my condiment especially, why spend 3 dollars for mustard when you can for a buck?? There are so many house hold necessities that they carry like, pens, paper, storage containers, toys for the kids, pet supplies for the furry kids too and so much more.
The last way that I save, especially in the winter is turn down the heat and layer up! Layer the blankets, clothes, and sweaters. It can save a tremendous amount of electricity.
I hope this has reminded you of a couple ways to save a few pennies this new year!
Thank you for reading!
Breanna
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Ditch Your New Years Resolution
January 17, 2013 is ditch your new years resolution day nationally.
Starting off the new year can be a challenge for anyone, especially if you haven't found the happy medium for the new year. Besides New Years Day and any birthdays you celebrate in the month of January there are not many other holidays. But today is the day where nationally people ditch there New Years resolution. Many New Years resolution only last a few weeks if your luck you can make it last a couple months. Well this year I switched it up to see if I could find a medium ground so my New Year resolution lasted all year, I didn't make a resolution TILL TODAY!
My New Years un-ditch resolution is to each month do at least three positive actions that start with the letter of the current month. You can add any other action words you may think of but try to keep it the "J" for January and "N" for November theme. Every month I am going to do a physical action, Social and personal actions, in hopes it will bring me closer to finding something new that will be a happy medium in life.
JANUARY the month of J!
Physcial: Jump!
Jumping is a great form of exercise and helps with stability if you have a trampoline (small) inside, or a big out doors one jump on it a couple days a week to get your heart rate up and have a good laugh. Invite a friend!
Or if your like me, don't have the luxury of a trampoline there are indoor trampoline or jump parks. In my community we have an indoor Jump/Trampoline facility called "Absolute Air Park" they have all different kinds of jumps, times, rates, and ages to go have a blast and jump around for a bit. Other Trampoline parks are called Elevated Sports, and also Sky Zone Sports. All of these links will open new window.
Note: Please be safe with all Physical activity and consult your Physician prior to doing any new physical activities that may be harmful to your health.
Social: Join
There are so many things you can join in January you can usually find fitness centers having deals like no joining fee great time to take advantage of it. Your local community may also have a local Zumba class, or self defense classes.
Other things you may want to join, if you are anything like me and don't want to pay for a workout or already have a gym membership, you can; be a local volunteer, join a book club, if you have the joy of being a parent you can join the Parent Teacher Assistant (PTA) at your child's school. If you don't have a child and want to volunteer at the local parks department. You could also always make your own club or group, ex: Gaming (WII, XBOX 360) club and invite all your friends, coworkers or classmates to join!
Third but not least is personal; journaling.
Journaling is a great way to create and save ideas for blogs :) Its also helpful to get your thoughts and feelings down on paper. You can't journal wrong, ways to journal are in a notebook or diary. If you prefer electronically there are many free websites and apps to help keep notes and file. I personally use Google documents to organize everything. You can also use Sky Drive which its Microsoft. Journaling does not need to be done every day, attempt to journal at least weekly. I found it is a great outlet and also a great way to organize my blogging notes.
I hope these three actions I submitted or one of your own and stride to find the happy medium for physical, social, and personal.
Happy Thursday!!
Starting off the new year can be a challenge for anyone, especially if you haven't found the happy medium for the new year. Besides New Years Day and any birthdays you celebrate in the month of January there are not many other holidays. But today is the day where nationally people ditch there New Years resolution. Many New Years resolution only last a few weeks if your luck you can make it last a couple months. Well this year I switched it up to see if I could find a medium ground so my New Year resolution lasted all year, I didn't make a resolution TILL TODAY!
My New Years un-ditch resolution is to each month do at least three positive actions that start with the letter of the current month. You can add any other action words you may think of but try to keep it the "J" for January and "N" for November theme. Every month I am going to do a physical action, Social and personal actions, in hopes it will bring me closer to finding something new that will be a happy medium in life.
JANUARY the month of J!
Physcial: Jump!
Jumping is a great form of exercise and helps with stability if you have a trampoline (small) inside, or a big out doors one jump on it a couple days a week to get your heart rate up and have a good laugh. Invite a friend!
Or if your like me, don't have the luxury of a trampoline there are indoor trampoline or jump parks. In my community we have an indoor Jump/Trampoline facility called "Absolute Air Park" they have all different kinds of jumps, times, rates, and ages to go have a blast and jump around for a bit. Other Trampoline parks are called Elevated Sports, and also Sky Zone Sports. All of these links will open new window.
Note: Please be safe with all Physical activity and consult your Physician prior to doing any new physical activities that may be harmful to your health.
Social: Join
There are so many things you can join in January you can usually find fitness centers having deals like no joining fee great time to take advantage of it. Your local community may also have a local Zumba class, or self defense classes.
Other things you may want to join, if you are anything like me and don't want to pay for a workout or already have a gym membership, you can; be a local volunteer, join a book club, if you have the joy of being a parent you can join the Parent Teacher Assistant (PTA) at your child's school. If you don't have a child and want to volunteer at the local parks department. You could also always make your own club or group, ex: Gaming (WII, XBOX 360) club and invite all your friends, coworkers or classmates to join!
Third but not least is personal; journaling.
Journaling is a great way to create and save ideas for blogs :) Its also helpful to get your thoughts and feelings down on paper. You can't journal wrong, ways to journal are in a notebook or diary. If you prefer electronically there are many free websites and apps to help keep notes and file. I personally use Google documents to organize everything. You can also use Sky Drive which its Microsoft. Journaling does not need to be done every day, attempt to journal at least weekly. I found it is a great outlet and also a great way to organize my blogging notes.
I hope these three actions I submitted or one of your own and stride to find the happy medium for physical, social, and personal.
Happy Thursday!!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Keeping the Happy Medium of Life.
Gaining and keeping Happy Medium of Life and the reason balance is so important.
You may wonder what does the happy medium really mean? According to www.dictionary.com definition of happy medium is a course or state that avoids extremes.
My personal definition of happy medium is the balance of life between the stress and joys. Never becoming overran by the hecticness of daily life.
Life can go astray sometimes and we can all get wrapped up with money, work, public news, and keeping the house clean. But to find the balance between the happiness, stress handling, and just not taking life for granted is the biggest challenge.
To find the happy medium in life you need to be able to prioritize, level out the differences, and overall keep everything as calm as possible. I know, I know, how can anything be calm in this crazy hurricane of the world we are in. But even the most intense hurricanes there is always a calm moment, and we need to just embrace that one moment and run with it!
The reason that I think I need to find this happy medium in life, which is something I’m still struggling every day with, because for me at least, I need to stop taking the little things for granted. I also need to think of myself and put myself on top once in awhile. Everyone may have different reasons that their happy medium isn't the happiest. Everyone may also have different ways that they keep the happy medium in their life. No matter if you have found the rhythm of things, or are like me struggling everyday get into the rhythm. Finding the Happy Medium is the goal of this blog. :)
Thank you for reading. I hope you come back and visit me on my journey to finding the Happy Medium in Life.
~Breanna
You may wonder what does the happy medium really mean? According to www.dictionary.com definition of happy medium is a course or state that avoids extremes.
My personal definition of happy medium is the balance of life between the stress and joys. Never becoming overran by the hecticness of daily life.
Life can go astray sometimes and we can all get wrapped up with money, work, public news, and keeping the house clean. But to find the balance between the happiness, stress handling, and just not taking life for granted is the biggest challenge.
To find the happy medium in life you need to be able to prioritize, level out the differences, and overall keep everything as calm as possible. I know, I know, how can anything be calm in this crazy hurricane of the world we are in. But even the most intense hurricanes there is always a calm moment, and we need to just embrace that one moment and run with it!
The reason that I think I need to find this happy medium in life, which is something I’m still struggling every day with, because for me at least, I need to stop taking the little things for granted. I also need to think of myself and put myself on top once in awhile. Everyone may have different reasons that their happy medium isn't the happiest. Everyone may also have different ways that they keep the happy medium in their life. No matter if you have found the rhythm of things, or are like me struggling everyday get into the rhythm. Finding the Happy Medium is the goal of this blog. :)
Thank you for reading. I hope you come back and visit me on my journey to finding the Happy Medium in Life.
~Breanna
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