I quietly set the goal of spending no money for a week and almost managed to do it. There’s nearly enough food in the house that if I’m clever I don’t need to supplement much to make a week’s worth of meals. Even though we ended up making a few grocery runs, we avoided eating out so I’m still calling it a success.
Heading into 2024 I’m wondering how long I can extend the concept. A no-buy month? A no-buy year? I don’t think I could get much beyond a month without needing a proper grocery run, but how many other things could I get by without buying?
I started winding down my comics hobby, and I’m going to let the ones that I’m already technically in the middle of finish out their runs. It’ll probably the next six months for final issues to land. Probably another six months after that to catch up on the backlog.
Also made some progress on migrating to a new project management system for Warhammer. Since I have a bad habit of putting down half-finished work I need a way to remember what’s done on a model. YouTrack feels like 80% of Jira, but the right 80%. It’s almost suspiciously pleasant to use. I’ve got about 10% of the data entry done, enough to kick the tires and know it probably move the rest over the next couple of weeks.