a brand-new year
Dec. 31st, 2022 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quillpunkI don't put much stock in New Year Resolutions, but I'll do one for 2023:
Follow my budget.
So 2022 was the first year I attempted to properly use a budget, and some things slipped my mind. Sales like from smashwords', sure, but other things too; medical expenses (November I spent something like €150-200 on hospital appointments + bus-fares to and fro the hospital alone) and recurring yearly subscriptions.
I broke my budget repeatedly, most egregious being Nov and Dec, and it does make me feel a little bad, that.
So I've done my best to manage my expectations for next year's budget, and put in all those things. I think 2023's budget looks better, and it shouldn't fall apart quite so easily.
...But it's a game of self-control that I can't always win. I'll do the best I can manage, though, and hopefully I won't break the budget quite *so much* next year.
And cheers, everyone.
Have a happy new year!
Follow my budget.
So 2022 was the first year I attempted to properly use a budget, and some things slipped my mind. Sales like from smashwords', sure, but other things too; medical expenses (November I spent something like €150-200 on hospital appointments + bus-fares to and fro the hospital alone) and recurring yearly subscriptions.
I broke my budget repeatedly, most egregious being Nov and Dec, and it does make me feel a little bad, that.
So I've done my best to manage my expectations for next year's budget, and put in all those things. I think 2023's budget looks better, and it shouldn't fall apart quite so easily.
...But it's a game of self-control that I can't always win. I'll do the best I can manage, though, and hopefully I won't break the budget quite *so much* next year.
And cheers, everyone.
Have a happy new year!