I am now back to work full-time and expect to keep my job until at least April. These are the new goals I am working on to help my dream of being a stay-at-home mom a reality.
Save 5 months’ of living expenses. I get nervous when there isn’t any money in the bank. If I am able to quit and my husband takes over as the breadwinner, our income will drop by about 1/3. I would like a cushion to help us deal with that. Thus far we have saved 12%, which is a little more than 2 weeks of living expenses.
Have 2 no spending months. Just based on my salary and our expenses, I do not have enough extra income to save 5 months’ of living expenses. One of the ways we plan to get around this problem is by having several no spending months and putting the difference away. Has not happened yet.
Pay off 50% of my business debt. Yes, I opened my business 4 years ago before I had every heard of Dave Ramsey. In the first two years, I accumulated quite a bit of debt. I want to pay off 50% (or more, if I can) of that debt. Then when I quit my job, we can use some of my eBay income to live off of instead of to repaying debt. To early to tell yet as the billing cycle is just ending.
Sell at least $500 worth of extra household items on eBay. Thus far I have sold $78, so I am 15.5% toward reaching this goal.
I’ll report back every month and let you know how we are doing!
Hello Melissa,
I would love to help you out.
I am a mother of 3 children –
ages 10, 8, & 3. I used to work full time and I REALLY wanted to be able to stay at home with my kids. I have since 2006 was able to quit my full time job to work for myself as a Pampered Chef consultant. Have you every thought about working for a direct selling company? I would love to answer any questions you may have. Visit my website at: http://www.pamperedchef.biz/stacystoffel .
I would love to help you out! I do have a team of consultants I work with and it is blessing to be able to be at home with my kids. I usually work only 1 – 2 nights a week and bring in over $1000 a month. Please let me know if I can send you some information.
Talk with you soon! Good luck!
Stacy