Hundreds of people participate each year in the January Money Diet, and you’re invited to join the Fourth Annual January Money Diet starting January 1, 2013 when we again embark on a month-long break from nonessential spending. The January Money Diet will challenge you to explore ways to live well and have a fabulous time–without spending cash.
Throughout the month, Happy Simple Living will post money-saving tips, photos, recipes, do-it-yourself ideas, moneymaking strategies and reader suggestions to help you start the new year right. We’ll also be featuring your tips, guest bloggers experts, and special prizes - so check back often!
Here’s how to join the challenge:
1. Subscribe to the Happy Simple Living feed to have the daily posts conveniently delivered to your e-mail InBox.
2. Leave a comment below pledging your participation.
“Doing the money diet was a great experience — by cutting out unnecessary spending, I was able to pay off some bills, and I had a lot of fun trying out free activities in the area. I will definitely be dieting again.” ~ Laura N.
If you have a blog or website and participated in the 2012 challenge, feel free to add one of these buttons to your site by right-clicking the image and saving or copying it:
Check back in December of 2012 for more details about the next January Money Diet. My hope is that by participating in this group endeavor together, we’ll all start the new year a little wiser and a little richer — both personally and financially.
All the best,
I’m in
You can count me in!
I am SO in!!!
I’m willing to try!!
I am so in and excited!
I’m also in!
Sounds like a great plan. =)
Penny recently posted..Happy 4th Birthday Jaidy!
Sounds like an excellent idea!
Sounds like a real positive beginning to the new year. Thanks for the offer
New year — new opportunity.
I need this!
Donna recently posted..Why I am giving
Sounds really good !
I am going to try this!
I can’t wait to start 2012 on the right foot.
I’m very much in as well! Looking forward to it!
Sounds good to me, I am in!
Jonathan recently posted..I Don’t Have A Cell Phone
Sounds like a wonderful gift – peace of mind!
Yes, we need the money diet…..however, we have been on one for several years now.
Awesome!
A great way to set a new tone for the whole year: deliberate living. Thanks.
Quinton Blue recently posted..Five Answers From Blue on The Sun Tea Chronicles
sounds like just what I need to start the year off right
I really need to try this.
I ‘m in too.
I’m in
Cat recently posted..January Money Diet
I’d love to give it a try!
I am going to give it my all!
Great idea! I’m in.
I very recently decided to go back to basics and start living a simple life. I can’t tell you how pleased I was to find your blog. I am definitely in on the diet!!
I’ll give it a shot. I’m a bit apprehensive, but I need to do something.
Love to join. 2012 is going to be a lean year for our family. Off to a great start.
Sounds good to me!
I will give it a try.I
I want in. I need a financial challenge. LOL!
Colleen recently posted..Meet Plain Jane Colleen
sounds like a good idea
I found your blog last year mid-January and thought this idea was fantastic. I can’t wait to do this. Thank you!
I’m in and up for the challenge!
This sounds great!
Can’t wait to get started! THANK YOU.
I’m in!
I am in. great idea. thanks. I am giving all my customers the website in my weekly newsletter.
I am definitely up for the challenge. Have managed to do Christmas on a tight budget. Now for the New Year!!
New year, new lifestyle, new experience. I’m so in.
Sounds great! I’m in.
A wonderful way to start the New Year.
I’m in!
Andrea recently posted..2011 In Review
I’m in.
Nothing like waiting to the last minute to join the challenge.
Melissa – Just Another Girl With a Blog recently posted..The lean and mean months of January and February
I am also in Eliza. It will be tough as every month we have something or other as splurge.
SB @ One Cent At A Time recently posted..A Look Back On the Year 2011
Count me in!
Last minute entry Eliza. Am looking forward to the challenge!
Lisa @ Cents To Save recently posted..2011 Goals: Pass or Fail
Sounds like a great idea! I’ll try it.
I’m in!
Sounds like a great idea. I’m in!
Im in, too!
Marissa recently posted..Happy New years!!
I am in, too.
YES!!! I’m in and hope to post some of my favorite ways of saving $$$. My best is: Don’t go shopping.
I’m in as well! I do not have a blog, but I look forward to hearing others’ tips/suggestions, and I’ll be happy to share my own as well.
After a three-week, cross-country family visiting extravaganza, I’m in. Better late than never!
Since I earn no income in January this suits me perfectly!
I have just found your January Money Diet, but I have been participating in my own all month. I am currently unemployed after being a recent Grad School graduate (though actively interviewing) and have been pinching my pennies until I land a job. This time has made me a smarter spender and saver. I have always saved a portion of money growing up, as I was taught by my mother, but now I am seeing the necessity of it even more. I haven’t been buying the unnecessary items and saving my money towards what I really need and this has been helpful since I do not have an income right now. I hope these saving skills I have learned over this time will follow forward with me when I do get a job.
Merideth recently posted.."I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything."
I’m pretty late, but I’d love to try this. Maybe I can take the tips and extend the diet into February to get at least a full month diet!
This is a great suggestion. I love the “January Money Diet” and the Happy Simple Living site. I found your site while looking for ways to save money as a sudden injury cut our income in half. It is less about deprivation or what you are giving up when you focus on identifying what is meaningful and necessary and let go of the rest.
I just found your site and would like to join in the Janaury money diet, late as I am.
Just found your site and signed up for emails. Love it!!
I just found this, but I think it will be great for me. I guess I’ll just have a February Money Diet!
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Next year! Even though I tried ernestly. I didn’t do too badly!
I’ve been on a rogue money diet…..ready to take to the next level with the challenge