Two new things: a no-bed-rotting trial + a fun allowance

These two items are pretty unrelated but I’m gonna throw them into the same post because I AM THE BOSS AROUND HERE. 

A no-bed rotting trial

Ok, so, you guys know I typically set my morning alarm early enough to allow for some time in bed spent rotting on my phone. I do things like play my New York Times word games, check my social media, scan the headlines, read my email, and so on.

If I just did a quick run through these things, I think this would be relatively harmless.

But you know how it is when you are comfy in your bed with your phone…it’s easy to just KEEP ON bed-rotting far longer than you mean to.

And this is especially true on days without a “Get up!” deadline, such as days when you don’t have to go to work. 

Sooo, I am in the midst of a self-imposed two-week trial of Not Rotting in Bed When I Wake Up, just to see if it makes a big difference in how my days go. 

Why?

Well, mornings are honestly when I’m at my best. So I don’t want to spend that time of day rotting on my phone! I can do that later in the day when I am already rather spent.

Also relevant: I started actually working on the floor as a nurse this week.

I have to be ready to get report from the night nurse at 7 am, and since I am new and slow, it is recommended to get to work a half hour early to read through patient charts and get report paperwork ready.

Sooo, if I want to do that without having to get up even earlier, I need to skip my morning bed-rotting. 

After my two-week trial is up, I’ll let you know how it went and what I have concluded.

A fun-money allowance

I had considered this idea in the past but never followed through. So I’m announcing it publicly! 

Sometimes, we frugal-at-heart people have a hard time actually spending our money.

Of course, I think saving money is good. (Duh!)

But there are also joy-inducing ways to spend money, and it’s a bit of a shame to live life without experiencing that sometimes.

Of course, I recognize that not everyone is in a position to budget for fun-money spending. But there are definitely cases where we frugal people do have some wiggle room and still fail to take advantage of it. 

I now have my nurse pay, which means I’m in the happy position of having wiggle room. 

So, I’m going to give myself a little fun money allowance and then let you all know how I spend it each month! 

I was thinking of $50/month to start with, and I can see how that goes.

Or hmmm, maybe $80/month would be good, because that basically gives me $20/week to play with.

What do you think my fun-money budget should be? And do you want to try not bed rotting along with me?