Hi there.
This is my take:
I am a single mom of a 18 months old and I am currently working full time.
I am having a very hard time with leaving my son on preschool from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm each day.
He will only be a kid once and I want to be around and mother him. I feel I am just the "evening setter":give baths, feed, put to sleep.
When I started on this forums I was spending over $800 a month in groceries plus eating out. I have been able to take that down to $400 and I am going for $300 next month. That is always an area of improvement.
Now, what I am doing is that I reduced my budget in every area I could, cut cable, elliminated eating out, reduced by cell plan, stopped useing paper towels etc etc. Baby steps.
With the moneys saved I am paying off my debt. I estimate I should be out in 12-14 months. Amen...
At that point I plan to continue living with my reduced budget but start working less hours.
My little one takes a 12:30 to 2:30 nap, so I could work from 8-2. He will be 2 and a half then. That is the plan.
Hope that helps.
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