EP 7: Budgeting as a Single Mother of Five
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Idea to Launch Productions
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Budgeting did not come to me naturally. As a single mother of five, I had to learn how to make ends meet and I had to learn fast. I never wanted to sacrifice the joy of providing for my kids and putting a smile of their face at Christmas…but this did come at the price of putting my ego aside. In this episode I discuss my tips and tricks of how I started my budgeting journey and how humbling myself allowed me and my kids to become financially stable.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on This Two Shall Pass. |
| 0:08.0 | I had to really lay a lot of my pride down and my shame. |
| 0:12.0 | I had to have assistance from programs when the money just wasn't there. |
| 0:16.0 | I remember there was a time we had food stamps, Medicaid, WIC, |
| 0:20.0 | that qualified for my kids to go to |
| 0:21.9 | summer camp the whole summer for $8 a week. |
| 0:24.5 | And they still didn't treat them less than. |
| 0:26.9 | They knew they were there on a discount. |
| 0:29.0 | It just helped you with the weekly cost because they knew schools were closed. |
| 0:32.7 | All the summer camps are 150 to 275 a week per child with a 10% discount for siblings. And I couldn't lie. I couldn't |
| 0:40.1 | even fake to do it. I didn't have it. I didn't have it. Hey, tribe, welcome to the This Two Shall |
| 0:45.7 | Pass podcast. I'm your host, Ariel B. But who is Ariel B? I've had trouble separating who I am |
| 0:54.0 | from what I do. Am I just a kid that was adopted? |
| 0:58.0 | Am I an ex-wife surviving from domestic violence? Or am I a single mother of five trying to just |
| 1:03.8 | keep it all together? This is an exclusive space for our stories and lessons to be heard |
| 1:09.5 | and learned from without judgment. Because |
| 1:13.0 | This Two Shall Pass. Welcome back to the This Two Shall Pass podcast. My name is Ariel. If it's your first |
| 1:19.1 | time here, welcome. I love you. How you doing? And if you've been here for a while, you know how we start. |
| 1:24.3 | How have you been? How are you doing? What has changed for you this week? Any goals you've |
| 1:29.1 | met or any goals you're still trying to meet? If you are watching me, it's because you can see us on |
| 1:32.8 | YouTube. We'll be here every Tuesday. And if you were just listening, thank you. We stream on all |
| 1:38.1 | streaming platforms and we love and appreciate your comments. I'm going to start with a comment. |
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