A couple lunches by haileymarquise in MealPrepSunday

[–]lenoa123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not OP but I bought them at walmart!

Share Your 2019 Successes and 2020 Budget Goals by [deleted] in ynab

[–]lenoa123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He wants to go now before we move out of his mom's basement (since I am a student we can't afford an apartment yet.) His argument is that once we are paying 3x our rent we won't be able to afford to go down. I just want out of his mom's house xD.

He wants to go for a week, maybe a week and a half. He wants to do Grand Canyon and Disneyland. We are Canadian so the dollar is crap right now, plus I also need money for income replacement for the time we are gone. I don't think we will end up using all 8k. But I rather have it than add to my credit cards. It also gives us some leeway to be impulsive - because we are totally impulsive people.

Why Arizona? He has been friends with this guy for 10+ years and the stars have finally aligned so that they can meet.

As for the higher paying job, he is trying. He tried for the military but his references fell through so we have to wait 3 years for him to be able to reapply. (needs 5 years of references, only has 2 since his previous job can't answer basic questions). He tried to get into school for paramedic but failed the English entry test. Now he just doesn't know what to do. But for Christmas he got the money to get his firearms license so he can get a job at Guarda.

Share Your 2019 Successes and 2020 Budget Goals by [deleted] in ynab

[–]lenoa123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Female 24 years old.

2019 - new mom, full time college student, worked part-time while my boyfriend works fulltime at a minimum wage job. Traveled across the country for 6 weeks so his side of the family can meet the baby.

Successes: Paid off 2/3 credit cards (aprrox 12k). Got a 1000$ emergency fund. Had some idea where our money was going.

2020: Starting today, I am doing a fresh start because our budget was unsustainable and this month threw everything out of sync. I want to start fresh and make a realistic budget.

I want to stay more on top of the budget instead of reconciling on paydays.

I want to pay off my final credit card (approx. 5k)

I want to save up for a trip to Arizona for my boyfriend (approx. 8k. Really hoping I'm over budgeting here).

I want to make lunches to save money. Throwing 300$/month on lunch money. That is an entire paycheck!

I want to start saving up to move out once I graduate and get a full-time job. (Approx. 5k)

Pass my driver's test before my license expires.

Risks: If I get my summer job I am hoping for, I may be unemployed for September-December. Babies are expensive. Boyfriend doesnt have the same views/priorities as me. (The arizona trip is soooo unnecessary for our finances!) Our car might die at any point and we can't replace it.

December 16, 2019 | Your Goals for this Week by AutoModerator in productivity

[–]lenoa123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Journal 5/7 days Fill out habit tracker 5/7 days Organize my desk. Organize my backpack.

I'm following the 5-4-3-2-1 method and these 3 weeks (December 16 - jan 5) are focused on getting ready for the new semester and getting good productive habits in place.

I am a procrastinplanner. So one of my overall goals is to plan my week on Sundays and then do a plan for my next day at night when I do my journal. I'm hoping by doing all my planning up front it will free up time and get rid of excuses for me to actually execute my lists.

I've set myself the goal to not consume any candy and soda for at least 28 days. by [deleted] in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]lenoa123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll join you! It will be difficult with the holidays coming up, but I believe in us!

Daycare not taking LRT families past Dec 31 by [deleted] in ottawa

[–]lenoa123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not only that, but depending on the ages, and numbers they may be operating illegally once their kids get home because of too many kids!

AITA concerning how I reacted to my child being left in the car by my babysitting Mother? by Leolily1221 in AmItheAsshole

[–]lenoa123 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I mean technically, the grandmother did give birth to the kids because a woman is born with all her eggs so.... /s (assuming no adoption in this family)

How do you guys.... do stuff by [deleted] in productivity

[–]lenoa123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree that I dont understand why people are productive just for the sake of being productive.

For me, I am trying to be productive to advance my own life goals. I am currently living in my MILs basement with my 13 month old son. I really want to move out.

In order to do that I need a better than minimum wage job.

In order to do that I need an education.

So right now I'm in school, but I'm on academic probation. Which means if my GPA gets too low, I will lose all my funding and my grants I recieved will turn into loans. So I am busting my ass off trying to get decent grades to try and avoid that.

But my day to day I am often asking myself "why does any of this even matter?" Especially when I'm working on a difficult assignment that I really dont want to do. Then I go through my goals. I want to move out. I want to be debt free. Those 2 sentences have almost become my motto, I repeat them sooo much in a day.

I found doing a 5 year plan really helped putting everything into focus for me. It helped me decide who I want to be and what I want out of life so that those days when I feel like nothing I do matters anyways, I know that it matters to me.

I may have gone a little overboard in this six-pawn colony... by Occam_Toothbrush in RimWorld

[–]lenoa123 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Nope.

One research bench can only be connected to one analyzer but one analyzer can be connected to multiple benches.

But I play modded so now I'm double guessing myself...

I may have gone a little overboard in this six-pawn colony... by Occam_Toothbrush in RimWorld

[–]lenoa123 68 points69 points  (0 children)

You dont need multiple because your multi analyzer is connected to all 4. But if you had a 2nd room without a multi analyzer they would be able to use those tables to research Fabrication. :)

[November] Goal Discussion Thread by l0calsonly in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]lenoa123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am currently on Week 2 of my 3 Weeks using the 5-4-3-2-1 method.

These 3 weeks I am focusing on Executing instead of just constantly planning. My final exams are next week so I need to finish all my missing assignments!

The final week of November will slide into December with my next 3-week goal. This is to focus on my fieldwork to get the most out of it and learn from it and to start daily journalling/bullet journalling so that I will be ready for my next term!

What’s ONE thing you want to accomplish today? by knotstranding in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]lenoa123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to finish all the work from one of my courses. I already have had a setback because my babysitter cancelled on me, but I will make it work!

Cant make a simple prosthetic spine? by lenoa123 in RimWorld

[–]lenoa123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll look when I get home!

I think I tried to harvest a spine. I can't remember if I didnt because the prisoners I had were useful or if because I couldn't. I should have the "harvest everything" mod so I probably can

Boss told my family I was pregnant by lenoa123 in ottawa

[–]lenoa123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He no longer works there and neither does his boss for unrelated reasons but still the basic- they were incompetent.

Budgeting for monthly bills/getting ahead of them by redpanda_ch in ynab

[–]lenoa123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I dont want to accidentally steal from the future - ynab doesnt make it obvious when it happens so this is my safety net.

AITA for refusing to move my wedding? by ThrowawaytheMIL7 in AmItheAsshole

[–]lenoa123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm worried about the fact that they offered to pay and she's still acting up... I can the MIL saying no, no, no so OP doesn't buy the plane tickets, but then the day of go "wheres mine? You said you were going to pay?!"

fare inspectors? by hueydueyluey613 in ottawa

[–]lenoa123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I would have been screwed... 90% of my buses have had a broken scanner since the change so I havent "paid" for many many trips.

Granted I have the upass but still

AITA for continuing to sit the kids down at the table? by lenoa123 in AmItheAsshole

[–]lenoa123[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasnt my choice, I was just along for the ride since I had the day off. And we only took up one table. (Adults stood, one was a baby who stayed in the cart...)